In addition to shredding and incineration services, we offer a popular and environmentally conscious alternative: secure LTO tape degaussing and recycling. Most customers prefer this option to meet their organization’s environmental impact goals and requirements.
Tape shredding and incineration produces waste that is not recyclable. This results in residual waste product being placed in landfills.
This secure service can reduce disposal costs by offering the end product for certified reuse. Savings can pass along, making recycling far more cost effective than physical destruction.
LTO tape media is not biodegradable and is a challenge to dispose of responsibly. The plastic and metals contained in each shredded tape become solid waste, which sits in landfills for hundreds of years.
Secure LTO Tape Degaussing & Recycling from TSC to the Rescue!
Our tape degaussing assures all organizations that their tape data will be completely erased in a manner that satisfies all major regulatory bodies, including HIPAA, Sox, Sarbanes-Oxley, and FACTA.
Our LTO tape destruction service is a secure and compliant alternative to shredding. This is a process that uses linear degaussing (high power magnetic erasure) to remove all data from any LTO tape. This leaves the tape completely erased but intact for certified reuse.
Simply overwriting a tape in-house will not remove all data and is not considered secure, since a tape drive cannot write beyond the normal data area, header files and buffer zones. Because of this, some data will remain.
Secure LTO Tape Degaussing & Recycling can now safely and completely erase the entire length of all four data bands on all LTO media, from before the start of data to past the end of all data.
We handle all the logistics, security, documentation and can provide containers for you.
- Proven compliant data erasure with Certificate of Destruction
- Environmentally sustainable and responsible
- Secure facility based locally
- Chain of custody documentation with GPS tracked vehicles
- Cleared personnel provides the highest level of security
- Avoids shredded waste product entering the waste stream
- Tapes left intact for certified reuse
- Tape value can often cover destruction fees for older media tape destruction.
Depending on tape generation, brand, quantity, and condition, this service option can offer a contribution of either revenue back for large volume quantities or a credit toward disposal services for all other storage media or electronics destruction
LTO tape destruction can reduce disposal costs for data center closeouts, backup tape migration, old tape phase outs by offering the erased end product for certified reuse. Savings can pass along making certified for reuse far more cost effective than physical destruction.
This process is safe, secure, compliant and highly auditable PLUS it offers 100% compliance with all corporate Go Green / Zero Landfill initiatives
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FAQs
If a tape cartridge must be disposed of in a secure manner, you can erase the data on the cartridge by using a high-energy ac degausser (use a minimum of 2800 oersteds over the entire space that the cartridge occupies). Degaussing makes the cartridge unusable.
Can you degauss LTO tape? ›
In LTO tape destruction we recommend a minimum of 10,000 Gauss (1 Tesla). With our more powerful models, you can enjoy dual-pulse degaussing at 2 Tesla or better. That intensity will annihilate any magnetic media in existence.
Can you reuse a tape after degaussing? ›
Some tapes can be reused after degaussing, but most are. Non-reusable cassettes contain boot-up or servo tracks that are deleted during degaussing.
How to destroy magnetic tapes? ›
Tape Destruction: 4 Best Disposing Procedures
- Shredding. One of the best ways for on site tape destruction is shredding. ...
- Burning. Along with shredding, burning of tape is also an effective way for best tape destruction. ...
- Degaussing. On the other way around, degaussing is also a good way for tape destruction. ...
- Recycling.
The bleach will damage the tape sufficiently to make them unreadable. Not as error-proof as shredding, but should do the trick.
How to destroy confidential VHS tapes? ›
Then you need a really strong magnet, or several of them. You pass the tapes past the magnets and that erases them. Then you can check with the recycling center if they accept VHS tapes. Otherwise they can be shredded in an industrial shredder.
Can you reuse a degaussed drive? ›
In the intricate tapestry of data management, a recurring question often surfaces: “can a degaussed hard drive be reused?” The unequivocal answer is no. Degaussing, with its magnetic prowess, ensures that once a hard drive undergoes this process, it's rendered entirely inoperative.
How do you degauss tape? ›
When erasing tapes, either the cassette must move through the magnetic field or you must move a magnetic field over the cassette. In each case, the consistency of the motion, the strength of the field and the distribution of that field over the entire media are what determine the quality of the erasure.
Can degaussing be reversed? ›
Degaussing completely removes all data from the hard drive and rearranges the magnetic field, so the hard drive will not work after the degaussing process. Remember that you cannot reverse the degaussing process, so there is no way to make the hard drive usable again.
Can CDs be degaussed? ›
(Degaussing is ineffective with optical media such as DVDs and CDs.)
Final Tape Disposal
Even if tape is reused it will eventually either be land filled or incinerated. Your best disposal alternative is that it be done with a licensed recycling facility that provides a legally valid environmental compliance document for the final disposal.
Is it safe to touch magnetic tape? ›
Magnetic tapes do require some unique care and handling precautions. Because they are a magnetic form of storage, exposure to strong magnetic fields must be avoided to prevent information loss.
Can magnetic tape be erased and reused? ›
Magnetic tape provides a compact, economical means of preserving and reproducing varied forms of information. Recordings on tape can be played back immediately and are easily erased, permitting the tape to be reused many times without a loss in quality of recording.…
How do you dispose of data tapes? ›
Final Tape Disposal
Even if tape is reused it will eventually either be land filled or incinerated. Your best disposal alternative is that it be done with a licensed recycling facility that provides a legally valid environmental compliance document for the final disposal.
How do you destruction backup tapes? ›
Physical Destruction
With time, even in the best landfills, a certain amount of chemical and metal leaching will occur. Although not as cheap as landfilling, incineration represents the best way to destroy backup tapes. All the material is completely incinerated and there is no solid waste to dispose of.
How do you destroy 8 track tapes? ›
Just run a strong magnet over the cassettes a couple of times and they will be completely erased!!! Or…..you can buy a “magnetic tape erasure” that plugs into a wall outlet. You place a cassette onto the “tape erasure”, turn it on, wait about 5-seconds, turn it off and do the same thing again with the next cassette.
