However, businesses that need guaranteed secure data destruction should work with a company in the area that specializes in data destruction. Through their partnership, Little Dog Tech will take in the waste and send it over to Electronic Asset Security. “Electronic Asset Security refurbishes them and then we buy them in a refurbished state from Electronic Asset Security, and then we sell them.” The rest is recycled with partners that are R2v3 certified, requiring Electronic Asset Security to prove where the materials end up. “Protecting confidential information is a critical part of responsible electronic recycling, and we take that responsibility seriously,” according to Goodwill’s electronic recycling documentation.