R2v3 & RIOS CERTIFIED
NETWORK EQUIPMENT RECYCLING
Big Data Supply runs network equipment recycling for companies that need old switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, and access points taken off their hands securely. We pull the gear, wipe or destroy any configuration and data sitting on it, pay you for whatever still has resale value, and send the rest through certified recycling so nothing ends up in a landfill or on a gray-market shelf. You get money back on the good stuff and a clean paper trail on all of it. We are an R2v3 and RIOS certified recycler based in Santa Ana, buying and processing IT in over 100 countries.
Share what you are retiring, switches, routers, firewalls, transceivers, whatever it is, and we send back a competitive quote.
Once you agree on the numbers, send us the gear or we schedule a pickup for you. For bulk lots we handle the freight.
After secure data erasure, payment goes out for the qualifying assets along with your certificate of data destruction.
Questions? Contact us via Live Chat,
support@BigDataSupplyInc.com or
Toll Free (800) 905-7329.
Currently buying & supplying IT in over
100 countries and counting!
Big Data Supply is R2v3 and RIOS certified, and for network equipment recycling that certification is the thing that actually matters. R2v3 is the recognized standard for responsible electronics recycling and reuse, and RIOS is an ANSI-accredited framework that folds environmental management, quality, and workplace safety into one certification. Together they mean we run audited systems and documented downstream handling rather than just promising to be careful.
Pretty much all of it. We take switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, wireless controllers and access points, transceivers and optics, patch panels, and structured cabling, across current and legacy families from Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Aruba, Fortinet, Dell, HPE, and the rest. Current Catalyst 9000 and Nexus gear, older ProCurve and PowerConnect boxes, and everything in between all go through the same network equipment recycling intake, and anything that still has resale value gets quoted for buyback rather than scrapped.
Yes, because we clear them before anything is recycled. Network gear holds configurations, credentials, routing tables, and VPN settings, so every job includes reviewing and revoking the credentials tied to the retired systems and sanitizing or destroying the data to a NIST 800-88 aligned method. For any drives or storage in the lot you get a certificate of destruction with serial numbers and a chain-of-custody record, which is the proof a compliance or legal team looks for.
Yes. A lot of our networking equipment recycling comes out of a bigger pull, a data center refresh or a full room shutdown, so we are set up for volume. We coordinate the freight, arrange pickup, and take the networking gear alongside the servers, storage, and tape in one job, so you deal with one partner and one set of documents rather than stitching several vendors together.
Once you send a rough equipment list, a quote for your network equipment recycling usually comes back within one to two business days. If you need help building the list, we have a template that makes it quick. From an approved plan, we schedule pickup or freight, and payment for the qualifying assets goes out after the equipment is received, inventoried, and tested at our facility.
Both, depending on what the gear is. We assess the lot asset by asset, pay for the switches, routers, and optics that still have value, and route the rest to certified recycling. On network equipment recycling jobs with newer or in-demand hardware, the recovered buyback value can come out ahead of what the removal costs, so the retirement can end up net positive instead of a bill.
There is no flat price, and anyone quoting one sight unseen is guessing. The number moves with how much gear is coming out, how many data-bearing devices need erasure or destruction, whether the job needs on-site labor and freight, and the disposal fees for material with no resale value. The part that surprises people is that the buyback on the valuable gear works against that cost, which is why we quote for free and lay out the removal cost and the expected buyback side by side.
Because we run certified network hardware recycling and can show the trail. Big Data Supply is R2v3 and RIOS certified, we validate the destination for every material stream, and we use certified downstream partners rather than unloading the gear on whoever will take it. You can verify our R2v3 status in the official R2 certified facility directory, and we will put the certificate numbers and scope in writing before you release anything.
