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Tel: 01928 593884
Fax: 01928 592234

75-76 Brindley Road
Astmoor Industrial Estate

Why Canopus


Our team of IT engineers & project managers have an eclectic mix of product knowledge but a single passion for IT data security. Born through demand we are securely & environmentally recycling on an annual basis over: 250 tonnes of IT Equipment, that’s over 38,000 items which include in excess of 20,000 Hard Drives securely erased of over 1,900 terabytes of Data, the equivalent of over 27 billion emails.


Canopus Solutions operates the highest standards in IT equipment disposal with an aim for zero landfill with component reuse our primary goal. Only approved industry partners are used to facilitate the final disposal processes ensuring our customers total “piece of mind!” We strictly adhere to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 guidelines for IT Waste. We are accredited to the latest Environmental Agency Waste Carrier standards, for the transport of IT waste and hazardous waste such as CRT's (Cathode Ray Tubes) and UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supplies).


The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) legislation introduced in Jan 2007 brought new responsibilities for businesses using electrical and electronic equipment. This includes businesses, schools, hospitals, and government agencies, when they dispose of their electrical waste. These organisations need to ensure that all separately collected WEEE is treated and recycled. Canopus Solutions will collect, audit and recycle your electrical waste and provide you with the correct documentation to grant you the peace of mind that your business has abided by its legal obligations.

Data Protection & GDPR►

At Canopus we fully comply with The Data Protection Act of 1998, the controlling legislation that governs businesses that retain personal data and how that data should be stored, retained and destroyed. The recent additions to the act includes specific details as to storing information in electronic form. Under the 8 key principles of the act, data must be retained securely; and measures shall be taken to prevent unlawful and accidental loss personal data. This remains the responsibility of the company storing the data even after the equipment has been disposed of. All of our services are already tailored to help you meet and exceed your GDPR requirements for data held on your electronic devices

ISO 9001, 14001, & 27001►

Canopus are ISO 9001, 14001 & ISO 27001 Certified. As part of these accreditations we maintain a complete audit trail on all assets processed by Canopus Solutions. This includes providing and retaining Certificates of Destruction, Recycling and Asset Reports. These are issued for every collection. These standards also ensure the security of your data whilst with us, the quality of service you will receive, and ensure we are adhering to the very best environmental protection standards.

Fully Licenced►

We hold a T11 Waste exemption, which allows us to repair, refurbish or dismantle various types of WEEE so that the whole WEEE item or any dismantled parts can be reused for their original purpose or dismantled parts can be recovered. It this licence which is behind the core of our business, which is to re-use as much IT equipment as possible.

We also are a fully registered waste carrier so can transport your redundant IT equipment form anywhere in the UK.




Sussex NHS Community Trust

Complete IT Systems


WH Ireland


Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust►

Using Canopus allowed the project team to recycle the old redundant telephony equipment which resulted in a credit. Canopus dealt with the request in a professional, flexible and thorough manner which made the whole process very easy.

Rebekah Foster, Project Manager

Kingfisher IT Services►

Working with J Brand and Canopus as partners to control data and asset disposal helps to make this high risk area painless and deliver our goals.

Paul Knowles, Site Services Manager

Complete IT Systems►

Collection went well, my customer was very impressed with your drivers who helped massively on the day

Cathey Reardon, Hardware Specialist

WH Ireland►

Very professional, fast efficient service

Steffan Wren, IT Systems Engineer

Tynan Electrical Ltd►

Thank you very much for a prompt collection and communication throughout, it was greatly appreciated. Also, a thank you to the two drivers who came today, both were a great help and worked hard to get the items collected quickly

Kieron Walshe, Stock Manager

 Welcome to Canopus Solutions... a J Brand company

Canopus Solutions Limited are industry specialists in the area of secure data destruction and IT asset disposal. Our range of services have been developed in response to the increasing importance of data protection legislation, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) directive, UK (England & Wales) waste legislation, and the hazardous waste act, all of which make businesses responsible for the ethical disposal of used IT equipment.

As part of J Brand, with a business philosophy based around “My Customer, My Responsibility” many clients see Canopus Solutions as a key “strategic partner” with a determination to deliver solutions on time, within budget and to a first class standard.

Data Destruction

Canopus Solutions offers proven secure solutions when tackling client data destruction requirements. Our clients will benefit from our professional approach to data destruction, utilising CESG, approved data destruction methods. Anyone responsible for managing data bearing assets must understand their legal obligations, as well as the consequences if that data were to pass outside of their control. We will provide fully documented procedures ensuring the highest standards are maintained throughout the entire data destruction process.

On receipt at Canopus Solutions’ refurbishment facility, data bearing media is asset tracked to ensure an auditable trail is established. An initial erasure wipe of the Hard Drive is carried out to InfoSec 5 approved levels of destruction via a LAN Server. Any Hard Drive unable to be fully wiped is removed from its unit, recorded, and sent through a HMG Approved Degaussing process. Once degaussed the Hard Drive remains stored within an internal secure area prior to be taken to a secure facility for supervised shredding.

We use industry leading tools that permanently wipes all data from a Hard Drive up to CONFIDENTIAL, RESTRICTED, SECRET and TOP SECRET level. The software is tailored for desktops, laptops and also server units with raid systems. It will overwrite data from any size of ATA, IDE, USB, SATA, or SSD drives. The software can be delivered to the units via various formats and has full CESG approval.

Mobile & Tablet Devices
Ensuring the control of data on such devices and being able to release residual value in these swiftly superseded devices will be one of the biggest challenges for businesses over the next few years. With the rapid expansion of mobile computing solutions including mobile phones and tablets our data erasure services have been expanded to include erasure for these devices. With iOS, Android, Windows, and BlackBerry devices covered.

Verity Degausser SV91M
This piece of equipment is designed to erase a range of magnetic media including Hard Drives, Tapes and Cassettes. This unit takes approximately 10 seconds to complete its erasure cycle. CESG approval has been given for RESTRICTED (lower level) and CONFIDENTIAL (higher level) information. Canopus Solutions has a wealth of experience within the IT Industry and identifies the need to reuse rather than recycle end of life IT equipment. Most of the equipment identified as ‘End of Life’ by most companies looking to upgrade or refresh their IT Asset Infrastructure, is actually perfectly good working equipment. Reuse is the preferred option as stated in UK Waste Legislation, each and every item refurbished is another item not sent for recycling. Although items which fail testing and cannot be refurbished are sent for WEEE complaint recycling. There are many routes for reused items, some of which benefit the clients and charities. Once a decision has been made that environmental disposal is the required route for equipment supplied by clients, professional partners are used to ensure the most ethical processes are used. We will ensure all items are maintained within a WEEE compliant process, in addition all items will be tracked through our comprehensive system and Certificates of Destruction and Recycling produced. At Canopus Solutions we appreciate that our clients require more than just minimal compliance, detailed asset evidence needs to be supplied throughout the recycling process.

All our recycling services are comply with the following: Canopus Solutions working in partnership with J Brand can offer a full redeployment services for equipment processed through our facility. Once equipment has been processed and erased by Canopus Solutions it can be stored until required for new sites, additional users, or projects that need to be delivered on a tight budget.

Working with J Brand we are able to offer a full commissioning service for equipment stored until required including imaging, testing, and set-up. Further to this we can manage the logistics and installation of this equipment back to site, providing a one stop shop for your project. 
With our vast experience dealing with companies of different sizes and industries, Canopus Solutions is ideally suited to manage all your IT projects and are able to offer the full range of services J Brand offers.

We support and manage projects with Charities, Schools and various retail organisations. Canopus Solutions deals with IT Disposal collections throughout the UK, with direct collection and delivery to our technical centre in Runcorn, with a team of GPS tracked drivers allowing for a single journey with no overnight stops. If you have collections to be made from multiple locations over multiple dates, Canopus Solutions can also support this. Paper Shredding

The paperless office has been talked about for many years, but unfortunately we are still not there. Whilst you know Canopus can help with the destruction of your electronic data, we can also assist you with your document shredding requirements.

We provide a range of services from ad-hoc shreds to regular weekly collections. We can provide services both onsite and offsite and all paper shredded is recycled. We can also supply storage containers for your shredding including sacks, desk side consoles and lockable wheelie bins. So if you are clearing out some old archiving or want to discuss your regular requirements please contact us today. Testimonials & Case Studies

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