FAQ

Why you should shred?

State and Federal laws mandate the destruction of certain private, personal and business information. If sensitive information falls into the wrong hands, there can be severe consequences for companies and company officers.

What should be shredded?

Any document containing Personal Identifiable Information (PII) and other sensitive or private information. This includes a person’s name, Social Security number, address, credit card, account data that identifies a person, medical records, mail from financial institutions regardless if you have an account with that financial institution or not.

Additionally, the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) advises you shred the following:

Account Data
Banking information
Brainstorming notes
Cancelled checks
Copies of checks
Customer’s addresses
Customers’ names
Draft of contracts
Draft of letters
Draft of proposals
Education records

Employee information
Insurance information
Internal memos
Loan information
Market analysis
Medical information
Misaligned forms
Misprinted copies
Obsolete records
Patient billing information

Patient names
Payroll information
Phone logs
Phone messages
Purchase orders
Sales information
Social Security numbers

Do binder clips, paper clips, staples need to be removed?

No, we shred them all.

Paper recycling Vs Shredding

Shredding your confidential information reduces the risk of compromise.

A recycling company does not secure your confidential information from start to finish.

What happens to the shredded paper?

After your confidential documents are shredded, they are recycled and in the recycling process, all of the ink is washed off of the shredded paper.

How can you be confident your documents are destroyed?

You can view the shredding onsite as it is destroyed in our mobile unit. You will also receive a Certification of Destruction after the job is completed.

Do you Shred 3 ring binders?

We ask that you please try not to provide us with 3 ring binders because they can damage our equipment.

To report identity theft: https://www.identitytheft.gov/