New Term, Old Records. Is Your School’s Confidential Waste Sorted?

September is a fresh start for most schools. Timetables reset, filing cabinets get emptied to make room for this year’s paperwork, and any laptops, desktops or whiteboards replaced over the summer tend to get pushed into a store cupboard “to sort out later.”

The trouble is, that pile of old records and redundant equipment is often more sensitive than it looks, and it can sit there for months if nobody has a plan for it. Deleting files or wiping a device isn’t the same as destroying the data on it, and a forgotten archive box is just as much of a risk as one left out on a desk.

Before it becomes next term’s problem too, here’s what actually needs dealing with securely, and how STE Waste can take it off your hands.

Local, accredited and easy to arrange

With over 30 years’ experience and ISO accreditations, we provide a local, GDPR-compliant service that makes secure school data disposal simple, controlled and easy to evidence. If your school has old records, archive boxes or redundant IT equipment waiting to be disposed of, we can help.

We support schools and organisations across Wilmslow, Macclesfield, Alderley Edge, Prestbury, Poynton, Cheadle, Stockport, South Manchester and Cheshire.