A new era
of tech lifecycle
of tech lifecycle
KOcycle, the Essex-based ITAD specialist and certified B Corp, has built its entire service proposition around a single principle: that data security and sustainability are not competing priorities. As a Blancco Gold Partner since its founding in 2018, that conviction is embedded in every device it processes.
Gold Partner status within Blancco’s ITAD programme reflects the highest tier of technical competency, volume, and certified compliance. For KOcycle’s clients spanning across five continents, it means every erasure is independently verified to established international standards, with tamper-proof, digitally signed certificates forming part of a full audit trail.
That audit trail is increasingly business-critical. As data protection obligations tighten and ESG reporting becomes the norm, organisations need ITAD providers who can prove what happened to a device, not just describe it. KOcycle’s bespoke client portal gives customers real-time asset tracking from the moment a device leaves their site through to certified data destruction, with all compliance documentation centralised and accessible on demand.
The operational impact is significant too. Through Blancco IBR and Autopilot, KOcycle has reduced device processing time from 15 minutes to just 4 minutes, a 73% reduction, increasing throughput without compromising the verification standards that Gold Partner status demands.
“Our Gold partnership with Blancco underpins everything we do. It gives our clients the verified security credentials they need, and it’s what allows us to extend the life of assets with complete confidence.”
Mike McLellan, Managing Director at KOcycle.
KOcycle currently processes 5,000 to 6,000 drives through Blancco each month. In 2025 alone, second-life laptop remarketing enabled by certified erasure saved over 5 billion litres of drinking water and 33 million kg of mined materials, a direct contribution to the circular economy that clients can evidence in their own sustainability reporting.
The KOcycle -Blancco partnership continues to go from strength to strength, with both organisations driving innovation and best practice.
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