ITAD, or IT Asset Disposition, is the process involved in properly managing and disposing of obsolete or unwanted IT equipment in a secure and environmentally responsible manner.
This process includes several critical steps: identifying assets for disposal, data destruction to ensure sensitive information is irretrievable, refurbishing and reselling helpful equipment, and recycling components that can't be reused.
For example, you have 56 laptops in your inventory that are no longer in use.
They must be evaluated to determine their state. Functional laptops can undergo data wiping before being resold or donated, while non-functional devices should have their data securely destroyed and then recycled.