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Education ITAD

Protect Student Data. prove Every Device Was Destroyed.

Certified ITAD for K-12 boards and universities. Student data protected, compliance verified, recovered value returned. Secure destruction, chain-of-custody, audit-ready docs for every device across every campus.

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Trusted by EDUCATION organizations that cannot afford to get this wrong

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Great service at all levels of contact. Very responsive and aligns with our board's green initiatives. Comfortably satisfies our need for data security and destruction services.

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Ontario School Board

The Problem

What Schools Get Wrong About Device Retirement

Thousands of devices leave classrooms every year. Most institutions handle it the same way: box up data-bearing devices with general e-waste, call someone, hope for the best.

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Student data left unprotected

Student data on drives never certified destroyed. No audit trail when trustees or auditors ask.

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Multi-site logistics overwhelm

Devices sent to recyclers with no chain of custody. Sustainability claims with no verifiable numbers.

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Storage rooms without access control

Retired devices stacked in unlocked rooms for months. No access control. Every unrestricted room is a student-data risk.

Greentec was built for education. Most ITAD vendors were not. Budget cycles.
Decentralized campuses. Ministry requirements. We designed around all of it.

Find out if your current ITAD process produces audit-ready documentation for every asset.

HOW IT WORKS

The Greentec Proven Process

A documented chain of custody for every device that ever touched patient data.

Step 1

Pick Up and Logistics

Pickups land on your schedule, so your staff keep teaching while every device leaves on a logged chain of custody.

Step 2

Asset Processing

Every device clears a NIST 800-88 wipe before resale, so student and staff data never travels with it.

Step 3

Secure Destruction

Any drive that fails a wipe goes to physical destruction before resale, so no student record ever rides out on a working device.

Step 4

Electronics Recycling

Batteries, lamps, and dead hardware head to certified recyclers, so nothing from your schools reaches a landfill.

Step 5

Value Recovery

Resale value comes straight back to your budget, with diversion numbers ready for trustees and the ministry.

The Greentec Proven Process diagram

Services

Services for Education Institutions

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Secure Device Retirement (ITAD)

Never guess whether student data was destroyed.

End-to-end disposition for laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, desktops, servers, networking gear. Serialized tracking. Certified erasure or destruction. Certificates per load. Value recovery offsets program cost.

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Multi-Site Pickup and Logistics

Pickups across boards with dozens of sites and multi-campus universities. Security-vetted technicians. Scheduled around your academic calendar.

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Certified Data Destruction

Drives, SSDs, backup media, legacy systems. Onsite or offsite. Full chain-of-custody. Certificates structured for governance and audit.

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Data Centre Decommissioning

Server rooms and data centres for universities, colleges, and larger boards. Secure extraction, transport, and certified destruction. Minimal disruption.

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Certified Electronics Recycling

Non-refurbishable devices processed for maximum material recovery. Diversion and CO2e data for board reports and STARS submissions.

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Battery, Lighting & Peripheral Recycling

Batteries, chargers, cables, keyboards, lab electronics, lighting fixtures and bulbs. Integrated with every device pickup. Clear storage areas in one operation.

Your Institution

Built for K-12 School Boards and Universities

Different compliance rules, stakeholders, and reporting needs. 
Select yours.

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The Realities of K-12

Budget cycles. Decentralized campuses. Ministry requirements. A program designed for how school boards actually operate.

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Student Privacy Is Non-Negotiable

When a Chromebook leaves your care, data must be gone. Certified, documented, defensible to a parent, trustee, or ministry official. Serialized tracking from pickup to final disposition.

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Year-End Retirement Without the Scramble

June arrives. Thousands of devices return. IT already stretched. Greentec schedules pickups across all sites on your academic calendar. Your staff moves nothing.

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Reports Trustees Can Table Immediately

OECM Platinum Partner. Certificates, chain-of-custody records, recycling data structured for trustees, superintendents, auditors. Board-ready. No reformatting.

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Environmental Leadership Students Can See

Landfill diversion. Material recovery. CO2e data. Numbers your sustainability office can use in board reports, eco-club presentations, and parent communications.

Who Benefits and How

IT Directors

Standardized process, less manual work, serialized docs every refresh

Superintendents

Policy compliance, certified reports for trustees and ministry

Trustees / Board

Auditable proof of data security and responsible stewardship

Facilities & Operations

Predictable pickups, efficient routing, storage rooms cleared

Teachers & Principals

Less disruption, visible commitment to safety and sustainability

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Campus IT Complexity

Independent faculties. Multiple IT leads. Unique research data sensitivities. One institutional program handles all of it.

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One Program Across Every Faculty and Campus

Standardized processes, consistent SLAs, centralized documentation for CIO, CISO, and sustainability offices. Less fragmentation. Stronger governance.

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Data Protection for Research and Administration

Research data, IP, alumni records, HR, payroll. Significant legal exposure. Certified destruction at serial level. Chain-of-custody for audit, regulators, research partners.

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ESG Reporting That Holds Up

Diversion volumes, recovery weights, CO2e calculations. Formatted for STARS, sustainability reports, and climate action plans. Verifiable, not estimated.

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Value Recovery Offsets Program Costs

Devices with recoverable value go through refurbishment and material processing. Reduces overhead, eliminates storage costs, frees staff for strategic work.

Who Benefits and How

CIO / Central IT

Standardized ITAD closing governance gaps across campuses

CISO / InfoSec

Certified destruction, verifiable controls, serial-level docs

Research & Faculty IT

Auditable proof of data security and responsible stewardship

Sustainability & ESG

Auditable data for STARS, annual reports, climate disclosures

Finance & Procurement

Certified vendor, documentation ready for RFP and audit

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Trust & Certifications

30 years in business.Zero data breaches. Zero environmental violations. On record.

Not a marketing claim. A verifiable operating history.
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OECM Platinum Partner

Ontario school boards and public institutions engage Greentec directly through OECM. No separate RFP. Greentec holds OECM's highest-tier partnership award, plus Supply Ontario vendor status.

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Certifications

Industry-leading certifications across data security, recycling, quality, and safety.

NAID AAA, R2v3, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, ISO 9001, ISO 9001, Supply Ontario, Min. of Environment

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Police-Checked Technicians

Every technician is security-vetted and police background-checked. Required for schools, labs, and admin areas with sensitive data and a duty of care to students and staff.

FAQ

Common Questions

Can you handle school boards with dozens of sites?

Yes. Greentec runs business pickups with detailed asset audits, secure packing, GPS-tracked transport, sealed containers, and witnessed seal breaking, so chain of custody holds from each school site to the processing facility. Onsite data destruction is available where devices cannot leave the building unwiped. Ontario school boards and public institutions can engage Greentec directly through OECM, where Greentec holds Platinum Partner status across electronic device disposal, secure data destruction, and electronics recycling. That means no separate procurement process for each campus or site.

What certifications does Greentec hold?

Greentec is NAID AAA Certified for data destruction, SERI R2v3 Certified for electronics refurbishment and recycling, and holds ISO 14001 (environmental), ISO 9001 (quality), and ISO 45001 (health and safety) certifications. Its Ontario facility operates under Ministry of Environment Environmental Compliance Approval, Permit Number 6247-6VDJUA. Greentec is also an OECM Platinum Partner Supplier in three categories: electronic device disposal, secure data destruction, and electronics recycling. Each certification is independently audited, so the standards behind every certificate can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Does device resale offset program costs?

Yes, when devices have remaining market value. Remarketable devices are resold and the rebate value is passed back to you. Greentec states rebates can help offset or even fully cover service costs, with the outcome depending on the volume and condition of the equipment you retire. Devices that fail data wiping are shredded rather than resold, so resale value applies only to working, remarketable units. The quote process includes an assessment of value recovery opportunities before any device moves.