Controlled goods destruction

Controlled parts, boards and assemblies destroyed in Ontario by a company registered with Canada's Controlled Goods Program.

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EDI is registered with Canada's Controlled Goods Program. Your controlled parts, boards and assemblies are destroyed at our facility in Orillia, Ontario, and you get a certificate of destruction for your records.

Registration: Canada's Controlled Goods Program, valid to 2029-05-29
Destroyed at: Our Orillia, Ontario facility
You get back: Certificate of destruction, receiving report
Job size: Any, from a few boxes to scheduled loads
Who answers: Managing Partner
705-327-8691 ext. 22

A Canadian option for controlled goods

If your company holds controlled goods, the day comes when some of them are scrap: failed assemblies, obsolete spares, engineering units, parts from a cancelled program. They cannot go in the scrap bin, and they cannot go to a recycler that is not allowed to hold them.

EDI is registered with Canada's Controlled Goods Program, the federal program that decides who may examine, possess and transfer controlled goods in Canada. Because we are registered, you can transfer controlled goods to us for destruction. They are destroyed in Ontario.

A sign reading CGC-authorized personnel only on the gate of a locked cage — The controlled goods area: authorized personnel only.

What we destroy

Defence and aerospace electronics

Circuit card assemblies and bare boards

Components, connectors and cable assemblies

Machined and fabricated metal parts

Prototypes and engineering units

Drives and other data-bearing devices from controlled programs

Metal and electronics only.

How a controlled goods job runs

Tell us what you have

A description, a rough weight or count, and where it is. That is enough to start. We reply with a written quote.

We agree how it travels

In Ontario and Quebec our own truck and driver pick it up. From elsewhere in Canada we plan the trip with you before anything moves. Your security requirements for the trip are agreed first.

Received in Orillia

The load is weighed and given its own lot number. You get a receiving report that says what arrived.

Destroyed

The material is shredded at our Orillia facility. What is left is metal, and it goes on for metal recovery.

Certificate of destruction

You receive a certificate that lists what was destroyed, how, when and where, with serial numbers when they were recorded.

The record you keep

The Controlled Goods Regulations require a registered company to keep records of the controlled goods it receives, transfers and disposes of. For a disposal, the record has to describe the manner and the date of disposition. Those records are kept for as long as you are registered and for 5 years after.

Our certificate of destruction is written to answer that. It names the lot, the items, the method, the date and the place, and it comes from a company registered with the program. Your Designated Official files it and the disposal is documented. You can look at a sample certificate before you send anything, and the guide Disposing of controlled goods: the records to keep explains the rule in plain words.

The registration

Program: Controlled Goods Program, Public Services and Procurement Canada
Status: Registered
Valid to: 2029-05-29
Proof: A copy of the registration certificate is sent on request, and is linked on the certifications page.

Any size of company, any size of job

You do not need to be a large defence contractor to work with us. We take a few boxes of boards from a small supplier and regular scheduled loads from a large one. We are a small business ourselves, and you deal with a managing partner, not a call centre.

A lift truck coming through a dock door — Through the dock door in Orillia.

Questions we get about controlled goods

Is EDI registered for controlled goods?

Yes. EDI is registered with Canada's Controlled Goods Program, the federal program for companies that hold controlled goods. The registration is valid to 2029-05-29. Ask us for a copy of the registration certificate.

Where is the material destroyed?

At our own facility in Orillia, Ontario.

We are outside Ontario. Can you still take it?

Yes. Material is accepted from across Canada. Our own trucks cover Ontario and Quebec. Farther away, we plan the transport with you before anything moves.

We only have a small amount. Is that worth your time?

Yes. Small lots are normal for controlled goods. Tell us what you have.

What do you need from us to quote?

What the material is, roughly how much, where it is, and whether serial numbers need to be recorded. We do not need drawings or technical data to quote.

Connected Services

Prototype & Product Destruction

Engineering units, R&D boards and rejected product shredded so they cannot be rebuilt or reused.

Data Destruction

Hard drives, solid-state drives, phones and tapes shredded, or wiped with certified software, with every serial number recorded.

Defence and aerospace

Controlled goods destroyed in Ontario by a registered company, with the record your Designated Official needs.

Controlled goods records

What the Controlled Goods Regulations expect you to record when controlled goods are destroyed, and what to ask a destruction company for.