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Protecting the planet, one chip at a time.

Dravincon's E-Waste Collection Initiative bridges digital growth and environmental responsibility — helping organisations retire hardware securely, sustainably and with proof.

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// quick summary

Headquartered in the Tricity (Mohali, Panchkula, Chandigarh), the initiative provides corporations with certified IT asset disposition: NIST-grade data destruction followed by responsible recycling through certified partners — keeping electronic waste out of landfills.

Completed drive

Inaugural collection drive

Our first drive gathered 72 kg of electronic waste from 2 participating corporate partners, run in partnership with Karo Sambhav and facilitated by the Rotary Club of Panchkula.

// our environmental commitment

Three pillars

Certified disposal

Hardware we collect goes to certified recycling facilities, working towards zero-landfill outcomes.

Resource recovery

Recovering rare-earth minerals and precious metals from retired electronics reduces the need for new mining.

Community impact

Functional components can be refurbished and donated to under-resourced educational centres, bridging the digital divide.

// why it matters to a security firm

A discarded laptop is a data breach waiting to happen.

Drives, phones and network gear routinely leave companies with customer data still on them. Security and sustainability belong in the same process — and under the DPDP Act, deleting personal data properly is a legal duty, not a nice-to-have.

01

Assessment

We inventory your hardware and categorise items as refurbishable, recyclable or hazardous.

02

Security scrub

Drives and storage media undergo multi-pass wiping or physical destruction aligned to NIST SP 800-88.

03

Processing

Manual teardown and mechanical shredding separate plastics, glass and metal fractions.

04

Certification

You receive a Certificate of Destruction for compliance and ESG reporting.

// 2030 roadmap · 01

Zero-waste operations

Our goal is to facilitate the recycling of 1,000+ metric tonnes of corporate IT waste by the end of the decade, with localised collection to cut transport emissions.

// 2030 roadmap · 02

The "Second Life" project

Refurbishing functional IT assets for rural education centres — with certified data sanitisation on every donated device.

// schedule your corporate pickup

Retire your hardware the secure way.

Tell us roughly what you have. Our coordination team reviews requests and gets back to you to schedule collection.

How do you ensure data security during disposal?
Every storage device is wiped with multi-pass overwriting or physically destroyed in line with NIST SP 800-88 before recycling, and you receive a Certificate of Destruction.
Which cities are covered?
The initiative is run from the Chandigarh Tricity — Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula. Contact us for other locations.
Is there a minimum quantity?
Tell us what you have — we combine smaller lots into scheduled collection drives.
Privacy notice (DPDP Act, 2023). We will collect your name, work email, phone number, company name, your message only to schedule and coordinate an e-waste collection with you.
  • Kept for up to 12 months, then deleted. Stored encrypted; never sold or shared for marketing.
  • You can withdraw consent, access, correct or erase your data at any time via Your Data Rights or privacy@dravincon.com. You may also complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
Full privacy notice · यह सूचना हिंदी में उपलब्ध है — हिंदी में पढ़ें

Request received

Our coordination team will contact you to schedule the collection.

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