The recycling firm keeping Australia’s secrets safe
Destroying devices that hold Australia’s secrets is big business for WV Technologies, which wins the Sustainability Leaders’ retail, media, tourism and technology category.
Kurt Gruber, the founder of WV Tech, says many organisations treat their IT equipment like office furniture, rather than a potential liability. Peter Wallis
Ever wondered what spies do with their old computers and hard drives? Rather than sitting abandoned in a drawer or a box of miscellaneous cords, they are sent to top secret recycling facilities and ground into dust.
Destroying electronic devices that hold Australia’s secrets has turned into big business for WV Technologies, an IT and e-waste recycling firm with high-security federal government contracts. Founded by Kurt Gruber and Jamie Miller in 2018, the firm is a social enterprise that employs at-risk Indigenous youth to divert e-waste from landfill.
Tess BennettTechnology reporterTess Bennett is a technology reporter with The Australian Financial Review, based in the Brisbane newsroom. She was previously the work & careers reporter. Connect with Tess on Twitter. Email Tess at tess.bennett@afr.com
