[bluedino]

I worked for a DoD contractor, and we were guilty of sending boxes of SSD's to the shredders. These were in old desktops/laptops.

If we had to replace a drive in a computer (or upgrade it from a HDD to SSD), we had to purchase a new drive. We were not allowed to re-use a drive. However, we could re-issue an entire computer to another user.

Makes zero sense, but that's what the compliance industry came up with. It's a money-making deal for everyone involved, except the companies that need to comply with it.