Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Looking For Document Shredding Fullerton

By Mary McDonald


Many offices will contain confidential documents and other paperwork that will need throwing away. Some people often just throw these papers out with the normal rubbish to be collected. If the papers contain sensitive information that could be useful to others it may be necessary to locate a company for Document Shredding Fullerton and there are firms who can provide this secure service.

There are a couple of options open to you when having paperwork destroyed and some thought should be given before deciding on a company. You can either take in a bundle of papers as and when they need to be shredded and pay as you go. The other option is to set up a contract and a firm will collect your documents on a regular basis and take them away to be destroyed.

The companies that provide an ad hoc service are a better option for smaller companies with only a small amount of paperwork to be destroyed. When taking the papers in you will be given a fixed price and the documents will be taken care of. Your shredded paper can then either be taken away or left there to be recycled.

If you are a larger company it will be better and more cost effective to set up a contract with a shedding company. They will make arrangements with you to collect your paperwork on a daily or weekly basis and take it away to their facility. They will then shred and dispose of it and this is an easier way to handle a large amount of documents.

A lot of the companies will furnish you with a container to store your documents until they are picked up. These boxes will be fixed to a surface and securely locked and only the shredding company staff will have the keys. This will make certain that no one can get to the paperwork or take it away before it is destroyed. All of your employees should be shown where the bins are and instructed to dispose of paperwork in a secure way.

The machines used by shredding firms will differ slightly but the usual type is a cross cut machine. These machines are a better option as they completely destroy the document so that it can not be put back together. Some less secure destruction may be possible but this is not a recommended option for very sensitive documents.

Another advantage of having documents shredded is the benefits to the environment. Many companies will send the shredded paper to recycle factories to be made into new paper. Others will send it to animal welfare centers where it can be used as animal bedding.

Another service offered by these companies is hard drive destruction for documents that are stored on disc. The company will literally destroy the mechanisms and components inside the drive rendering the data unrecoverable. This service should always be used when you are replacing old hard drives as even though you have deleted information it may still be recovered.




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