Driving the circular economy for storage.
Making the storage market more sustainable by developing and promoting standards, reporting, and best practices around circularity.
The Circular Drive Initiative (CDI) is a partnership of global leaders in digital storage, data centers, sustainability, and blockchain collaborating to reduce e-waste by enabling, driving, and promoting the secure reuse of storage hardware.
The current state of storage security:
“We shred everything.”
Top barriers to the circular economy
Data Leaks
Encryption
Trusts
Policies & Risks
Privacy
Legal Agreements
Security
The future state of storage security:
“We lead in circularity!”
Robotics for
Recovery
Recovery
Encryption &
Sanitization
Sanitization
Trust
Assurance
Assurance
Policies for Risk
Management
Management
Value
Resale
Resale
Update Legal
Agreements
Agreements
“I love the idea that these storage drives can be repurposed, with new data, wisdom, intelligence, and cleverness to better the human condition. These renewed drives will help us remember the future. Storage reuse effectively demonstrates the Cradle to Cradle Circular Technosphere concept and I believe it can be a leading example in the ICT industry.”
William McDonough, Chief Executive, McDonough Innovation
Our Path: RetainReuseRecover
Retain
Regen to keep drives in service
Reuse
Secure data erasure and sanitization
Recover
Disassembly, recovery of rare earth materials, and then recycling
Mobilizing the Industry to CooperateInnovateEducateMobilize
Retain
Best Practices
Alliances
Standards
Reporting
Verification
SecurityCryptographySanitizationVerification
IEEE 2883 Purge
Media Sanitization
Media Sanitization
IEEE 2883
Verification
Verification
ISO/IEC 27040
Certificate of Sanitization
Certificate of Sanitization
Hardware roots of trust
Firmware audits
Forensic Analysis
Firmware audits
Forensic Analysis
Realizing the Impact: GHG ReductionLandfill DiversionValue Recovery
Environmental
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Economic
Circular Drive Initiative. Better Together.
Join the Circular Drive Initiative today and be a part of a collaborative effort to enhance Resource Efficiency, achieve Target Net Zero through Embodied Carbon Reduction, ensure trust in Data Sanitization, and maximize Value Recovery. Whether you’re an individual or represent an organization as a Steward Member or Member, your contribution is crucial. Become a key player in driving sustainable change. Better Together!