There are many companies such as financial institutions that pick destruction as their only option because they have zero tolerance policies in place for data breaches (theft). This is not necessary for all companies. Most companies choose to be more environmentally conscious by choosing only to destroy when the re-sale value is below data eraser cost.

Another reason is if a hard drive or other media fails our rigorous DOD software removal tools wipe, then it too is sent for destruction to assure 100% data security. A failed wipe test usually happens because of bad sectors on the media. At Amergence we feel that those bad sectors can potentially be great hiding places for confidential data that could fall into the wrong hands. Destruction prevents this from happening.