-Why should we utilize a shredding service instead of just a recycling program?
-If security is important to your company, shredding should be as well. Recycling your information is a terrific idea but only after it is shredded. Recycling facilities offer NO security for your information. Your material is not only transported in unsecured vehicles, but delivered to a location with no security features. Your material is deposited in an area with public access, accessible to anyone!
-Whatever happened to the paperless office?
-Paper consumption tripled from 1980 to 1990, and is projected to increase 14-16% year over year through 2010. Demand for document destruction services has never been stronger.
-What happens to our material after it is shredded?
-All paper is bailed and sent mill direct for pulping and recycling.
-How do you charge for your services?
-Bulk shredding is charged by the pound. We do not have truck charges, time charges, or container fees. You are charged for the material that you have shredded. Call us today for a free price quote.
-Once the material is taken out of our office, how do you ensure the security of our documents?
-All material is shredded in a enclosed vehicle on site. This prevents the material from escaping our control during the shredding process. Offsite shredding is contained and processed in a secure service center.
-Why employ a shredding service instead of using/buying our own shredder?
-Cost effectiveness. It will cost you more money to do the shredding in-house rather than have our service do it for you! For instance, you will save money in not only the cost of the shredder, maintenance and disposal, but large labor costs as well. Not to mention the mess a typical office shredder can make.
-Why not just use the trash can or dumpster for disposal of records?
-Without a program to control it, the daily trash of every business contains information that could be harmful. This information is especially useful to competitors because it contains the details of current activities. Discarded daily records include phone messages, memos, misprinted forms, drafts of bids and drafts of correspondence. For more information on identity theft visit callforaction.org
-Couldn't I recycle and get the same results as shredding?
-To extract the scrap value from office paper, recycling companies use unscreened, minimum wage workers to extensively sort the material under unsecured conditions. The "acceptable" paper is stored for indefinite periods until there is enough of a particular type to process. The sorted paper, still intact, is then baled and sold to the highest bidder.
-Should I trust my documents to just any shredding company?
-Take the time to investigate the company you are dealing with. A "Certificate of Destruction" is only as good as the company that will be destroying your confidential information. KNOW THE COMPANY YOU ARE DEALING WITH.
