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What Company Does Your Shredding? It’s a Question Worth Asking
Most businesses know they need to shred confidential documents. But there’s another question that may be even more important: What company does your shredding? When...
October 27, 2026
Think Twice Before Using a Drop-Off Document Shredding Service
When you have old tax returns, financial records, medical information, bank statements, employee files, or other confidential paperwork to destroy, dropping everything off at an...
October 20, 2026
How Do I Get Rid of Decades of Papers?
If you have been saving paperwork for 10, 20, 30 years—or even longer—you are definitely not alone. Basements, attics, garages, storage rooms, filing cabinets, and...
October 14, 2026
Do Very Old Files and Documents Need to Be Shredded?
When cleaning out an office, basement, attic, storage room, or old filing cabinet, it’s common to come across documents that have been sitting untouched for...
October 5, 2026
What Is the Due Diligence Clause in Privacy Laws?
Businesses spend a lot of time protecting confidential information while they are using it. Passwords, locked filing cabinets, cybersecurity systems and employee policies are all...
September 30, 2026
Did You Sell a Business or Close a Practice and Need Shredding Services?
Selling a business, retiring, or closing a professional practice is a major undertaking. There are customers or patients to notify, accounts to close, equipment to...
September 23, 2026
Recent Posts
Do You Have a Security Plan for Your Paper Documents?
Do You Have a Security Plan for Your Paper Documents? Even with today’s office technology and efforts to become paperless the use of paper in...
December 31, 2017
Why It’s Important to Destroy Digital Data
Before the digital age, businesses and households mainly focused on destroying paper documents to protect sensitive and confidential data. Many people still rely on shredding...
December 22, 2017
The Wastebasket is Your Enemy; Professional Shredding Services are Your Friend
It’s normal to just put things in a wastebasket when you don’t need them anymore. However, with identity theft and data breaches, you have to...
December 16, 2017
How to Make Room for the Holidays by Clearing Your Paper Clutter
How to Make Room for the Holidays by Clearing Your Paper Clutter The end of the year is a great time to clear out the...
December 5, 2017
How to use a shredder to clean a house
How to use a shredder to clean a house Hire Residential Shredding Services for a Neat, Organized Home Whether you are preparing to move, clearing...
November 30, 2017
Why You Should Secure Your Medical Records
Better safe than sorry – being careless with patient records can lead to unpleasant consequences for health care providers. According to Ponemon Institute, the cost...
November 21, 2017
Shredding vs Recycling
Shredding vs Recycling Recycling does not mean Secure Document Shredding Giving your confidential documents to a recycling company does not mean your private information is...
November 16, 2017
Recycling Does Not Mean Secure Document Shredding
Recycling Does Not Mean Secure Document Shredding Giving your documents to a recycling company does not mean your private info is being handled and destroyed...
October 30, 2017
Charity Shredding Event is a Huge Success
When you’re a local business, that comes with a lot of responsibility. It’s important to support the people who have helped you over the years....
October 12, 2017
Protect Your Identity with a Shredding Service
Protect Your Identity with a Shredding Service The recent Equifax hack was a wake-up call for many Americans. Personal info for millions of people was...
October 12, 2017
Our Convenient Services Save Time Shredding Documents
Our Convenient Services Save Time Shredding Documents Shredding documents holding sensitive information is an important part of preserving your data security. If you own a...
August 22, 2017
How Are We Going Green With Our Shredding Services?
How Are We Going Green With Our Shredding Services? From the home office to the professional production environment to the elementary classroom–wherever you look today,...
August 10, 2017
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