
The growth of the Circular Economy concept, along with more specific campaigns such as Free ICT Europe, means that potentially your hardware recycling strategy could be seen as part of your overall corporate responsibility activities. However, recent legislative changes such as the GDPR & state-by-state privacy legislation such as the CCPA mean that the risks of poor disposal practices have come to the fore, and a key risk component is ensuring that recycled kit has been securely erased. Audit risk and multi-million-pound contracts tend to mean that SAM gets the bulk of a busy ITAM team’s focus. It is safe to say that Hardware Asset Management is an overlooked, but still vital, part of IT Asset Management.
