Shredding Personal & Business Documents in Hartford CT

You Can Make A Paper Shredding Appointment Six Days A Week

Protect your confidential information with FileShred, the leading document shredding service in Hartford, CT. Whether you’re a business or a resident, our on-site shredding service guarantees secure disposal of your sensitive documents right at your Hartford CT location. Call us today, and we can shred for you tomorrow!

.

Request a Free Quote

COVID-19 UPDATE

We Remain Open to Shred Your Secure Documents Right at Your Home or Business

FileShred Makes Document Shredding in Hartford, CT as Easy as 1, 2, 3

With FileShred, securely shredding your documents in Hartford, CT is quick, convenient, and hassle-free. Here’s how our easy three-step process works:

  1. Call to Schedule Your Shredding Service
    Contact us to discuss your shredding needs. Our knowledgeable team will help you select the best service, provide a transparent quote with no hidden fees, and schedule your shredding appointment for a day that works for you—Monday through Saturday.
  2. We Come to Your Hartford Location
    Our mobile shredding truck arrives at your Hartford home or business and handles all the heavy lifting. We securely load your documents into a locked bin, ensuring maximum security every step of the way.
  3. Watch Your Documents Shred On-Site
    Your documents are shredded right on-site, and you can even watch the entire process via a monitor on the truck. This on-site shredding service guarantees complete security and peace of mind.

With FileShred, document shredding in Hartford, CT is fast, secure, and as easy as 1, 2, 3! Call us today to schedule your shredding appointment!

Why Choose FileShred for Secure Document Shredding in Hartford, CT

Looking for the most secure, convenient, and reliable document shredding service in Hartford, CT? Here’s why FileShred is the top choice for residents and businesses alike:

Shredding Services in Hartford CT

  • Fast, Next-Day Service

Need documents shredded quickly? FileShred offers next-day service! Call us today, and we can be at your Hartford home or office as soon as tomorrow.

  • Secure, On-Site Shredding

Our state-of-the-art mobile shredding trucks come directly to you, allowing you to watch as your documents are securely shredded on-site.

  • Flexible Scheduling, Six Days a Week

We’re here when you need us. FileShred offers flexible appointments Monday through Saturday to fit even the busiest schedules.

  • Fully Compliant with Privacy Laws

Your privacy is our priority. FileShred complies with all federal and state privacy regulations, including HIPAA, FACTA, and GLB, ensuring that your documents are destroyed beyond recognition.

  • Certified by NAID AAA

As a NAID AAA Certified document destruction company, FileShred meets the highest standards for secure document destruction.

How FileShred’s Mobile Document Shredding Service Works

FileShred makes document disposal effortless and secure. Here’s what you can expect when you choose our mobile shredding service in Hartford, CT:

  • Secure Collection Bins: Your documents are safely stored in 96-gallon bins that can hold up to 300 pounds of paper.
  • Automated, Secure Shredding Process: The bins are emptied into the shredder by an automated system on our paper destruction truck at your location, eliminating any need for manual handling.
  • Live Video Monitoring: Watch the shredding process live via the camera system on our trucks for complete peace of mind.

Easy Steps to Prepare for Your Shredding Service

Preparing for your shredding appointment with FileShred is simple:

  1. Identify Documents to Shred: Gather the papers you need destroyed.
  2. No Need to Remove Staples or Clips: Our powerful shredders handle staples, paper clips, and even binder clips with ease.
  3. Three-Ring Binders? No Problem: We’ll remove papers from large binders if they’re over an inch thick.
  4. Stairs? Let Us Know: We’ll plan for any special needs, including stair access.
  5. Custom Shredding Solutions: Have a unique shredding request? We offer tailored solutions to meet your specific needs.

The Most Secure Paper Shredding Service in Hartford CT

FileShred offers the most secure document shredding service, ensuring that your sensitive information is protected from the moment it leaves your hands. With our mobile onsite shredding trucks, we destroy documents at your Hartford CT location, allowing you to watch the process for complete peace of mind. We specialize in secure destruction for businesses and individuals, helping you stay compliant with privacy regulations like HIPAA, FACTA, and GLB. Whether you need a one-time purge or recurring shredding services, FileShred provides flexible, reliable, and affordable safe document destruction solutions. Our certificates of destruction is the evidence that your documents were properly and securely disposed of, reducing the risk of data breaches and identity theft. When security matters, trust FileShred—Hartford’s top document destruction company—to keep your confidential information safe.

Who Needs Document Destruction Services

shredding in Hartford CTEveryone in Hartford, CT, should destroy their private papers when they are no longer needed, but many don’t, and that could be disastrous. The information of a business or an individual in the wrong hands, like identity thieves and competitors, could affect them for years. Why take any chances and destroy your confidential papers when you decide to discard them? People and businesses also need to be aware that federal and state privacy laws require documents with personal and private information to be shredded to render them unreadable before they are thrown away. Not doing so may expose you to penalties and fines. The bottom line is that document destruction is important to comply with the need to dispose of sensitive information in a responsible way.

Our Great Document Destruction Options in Hartford CT

One-time Shredding & File Purges for Businesses

When you need to securely dispose of company files, but just not that often, our one-time service is what you are looking for. It secures the disposal of your business records only when you need them. So, if it is time for your annual file purge or you are finally getting rid of those old records that have been taking up space in your Hartford, CT office for years, call us for a one-time document shredding service. It’s ready when you are.

How We Charge – You will be charged a rate per bin.  Our bin is a 96-gallon container that holds 300 pounds of paper.  Some shredding companies use smaller bins, so make sure you ask about the size.  The bin rate will be based on the number of bins you will need to destroy your papers. Larger shredding projects are offered lower per-bin costs.

Ongoing Scheduled Shredding Programs for Offices

If you throw away corporate papers daily in your office in Hartford, you need our scheduled service. It is the destruction of your business files regularly. We provide free collection containers in various styles and sizes to be kept in your Hartford, CT office to deposit the papers that need to be destroyed. We provide enough containers to be placed in central locations in your office to make it convenient for your staff to use. We then come to unlock, remove, and destroy the documents on an ongoing basis, such as weekly, bi-weekly, every four weeks, or monthly. For an information destruction program to be effective, it needs to be consistent, so we will help you determine a schedule that works best for you.

How We ChargeFor Ongoing Service, we never charge a rental fee; you are only charged a price per collection container when they are serviced. Our containers come in several sizes to work in any office. The cost is based on the type and number of containers at your location and the frequency of service.

Residential Shredding Services

There is an easy way to stop your personal papers from getting into the wrong hands: Have FileShred come to your Hartford, CT, home and destroy them for you. Never make the mistake of putting your private documents in the household trash when you decide to throw them away.  Once your garbage is put out for collection, it is legally available to anyone who wants to look through it.  Identity thieves know your garbage is a good place to look; whether it is at the curb in a landfill or any place your garbage is handled or separated, you run the risk of someone having access to your information.  Our residential shredding service will come to your home on a date you decide, and all of your files and papers will be destroyed there so you can witness the entire process.  It is the most secure and convenient way for you to eliminate your private files.

How We Charge – Residential Shredding is charged the same way as a one-time service, a rate per 96-gallon bin.  We have a one-bin minimum requirement.

Home Office File Destruction

Do you have a home-based business, or does your company allow you to work from home? Then, you are going to need paper shredding services at some point.  You create and receive documents every day, and when you are discarding papers, they will need to be shredded.  With our home office shredding service, we can come to your Hartford, CT location to shred files whenever you need us or on an ongoing schedule.  Call us so we can work with you to assemble an on-site document destruction program that meets your needs.

How We Charge – We charge based on which home office service you need.  The cost for either a one-time or ongoing service is the same as described above.

Shredding Events

We help companies, municipalities, and organizations of all types in Hartford, CT, host successful shredding events.  These events promote your business, collect donations, or act as a public service to raise awareness of the need to protect the community against identity theft.  We send one or more of our mobile shredders to an easily accessible location for the public to bring their personal papers and have them destroyed.  These events run for a specific number of hours.  We will help you plan, advertise, and run a successful shredding event.   To find out more please give us a call.

How We Charge – Shredding Events are charged an hourly rate.  The rate is based on the number of shred trucks and technicians needed for a particular event.

Hard Drive Destruction

Your sensitive information is not just on paper but also on computer hard drives.  Even when you remove the power source from a computer the hard drive is still storing your data.  The best and most reliable way for you to make sure no one will be able to access that information is to have old hard drives physically destroyed.  FileShred will shred or crush your hard drives at your Hartford CT location so you know the data is permanently destroyed.  We will also give you a Certificate of Destruction listing each hard drive by serial number.

How We Charge – Hard Drive Destruction Services are charged at a rate per hard drive.  The more hard drives you have to destroy the lower the rate.  Minimums do apply unless you are shredding documents also.  To get specific pricing just give us a call.

Specialty Shredding Services

Non-paper items contain your private information also.  These items need to be shredded so the sensitive data cannot be used by unauthorized individuals.  FileShred will destroy any of these non-paper items by shredding them into tiny particles so the information on or in them can’t be accessed again.

What Kind of Non-Paper Items Do We Shred?

Cell Phones, Thumb Drives, CDs, DVDs, Video Tapes, Microfilm and Microfiche, Pill Bottles, Credit Cards, Gift Cards, and X-Rays

Why You Should Hire A NAID AAA Certified Shredding Company

NAID is the international organization that sets the standards for the information destruction industry. NAID AAA Certification verifies that when the company destroys your document they do so in a way that exceeds the industry’s highest standards for security and professionalism.  Certified information destruction firms go through comprehensive scheduled and unannounced audits. The comprehensive unannounced audit program means that certified companies operate knowing they may receive an unannounced audit on any day, at any time, providing a powerful motivator for ongoing compliance. Hiring a NAID AAA Certified Company is a key component in being compliant with all privacy laws.

Shredding Services Near You in Hartford, CT

As a Connecticut-based, family-owned business, FileShred offers local shredding services tailored to the needs of Hartford, CT, residents and businesses. We come to your location and shred on-site for the ultimate security and convenience.

Get Expert Advice for Your Document Destruction Project

Speaking with an expert on any topic will provide you with more information so you can make a better decision.  In Hartford, Connecticut, FileShred is the expert in document shredding services.  With our years of experience helping thousands of residents and business properly destroy their sensitive paper records, we have seen just about every possible shredding situation.  Put that experience and unique perspective to work for you.  Give us a call to speak to an authority on information destruction.

Helpful Tips About Document Shredding Services

  1. Separate the paper and files you want shredded from the ones you need to keep so you don’t have to worry about the wrong papers being destroyed.
  2. You don’t have to remove staples and paper clips. Our powerful commercial shredding trucks will shred these items along with your paperwork.
  3. Place the paper records you want destroyed in boxes, garbage bags, or containers that make them easy to handle.
  4. Have the documents you want shredded consolidated in one place, so nothing is missed when the document destruction service arrives.
  5. Shred frequently to avoid the risk of documents getting into the wrong hands.
  6. Shred every piece of paper being discarded since more than half of all documents have protected information on them to prevent making a mistake.
  7. Have locked containers in your office so staff dispose of all documents in these secure containers instead of a wastebasket.
  8. There should be a Secure Chain of Custody. Your documents should be moved from your location in a locked bin to the truck, where they will be shredded immediately.
  9. Make sure that the company you choose has NAID AAA Certification and provides a certificate of destruction once your documents have been shredded.
  10. Check Reviews; it says a lot about a company.

Ready to Shred? Call (860) 261-9595 Today for a Free Quote

Don’t leave your sensitive information vulnerable—schedule your shredding appointment with FileShred today. Whether you need a one-time purge or ongoing service, we’re here to help. Call now to shred tomorrow!