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Background Costs of DIY Paper Shredding

8/20/2019

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DIY Paper Shredding Cost: Worth it?

Every office has some sort of paper shredder in order to thoroughly destroy old documents that contain sensitive/personal information. But did you know that utilizing a professional document destruction and paper shredding service can actually be more cost-effective for your business and save time and money? When you factor in the benefits of using professional paper shredding, either onsite or off, DIY paper shredding suddenly doesn't seem so appealing.

Save Time & Money with Professional Paper Shredding

How often do you shred your old documents? Between licenses, permits, financial information, insurance documents, staff info, and probably much more, there's a good chance that somewhere in your office or on some old hard drives, there's a treasure trove of outdated, sensitive information sitting around. This not only poses security risks, but can interrupt office productivity whenever document retrieval is necessary or if old files cause clutter in your work environment.  

Many companies take paper shredding upon themselves by dedicating one or two (often interns or entry-level employees) to shredding outdated documents periodically. But this not only a potential security breach, it's time consuming -- no matter who in the office takes on the task. They have to take out paper clips/staples and slowly, manually feed a few sheets at a time into a slow-working shredder, presumably from an office supply store that will break down every so often. Between pulling that employee away from their normal duties, the cost of their labor/shredders, as well as the propensity for errors, and you've got a lot of wasted time on your hands. 

You'd be better off ordering a mobile shred truck to come to your office for occasional one-time document purges or secure shred bins for more frequent pickups. R4 Services' professional paper shredders are secure, discreet and can free up your staff's time while mitigating the headaches and costs that come with maintaining office shredders.

Keep Your Information Secure: Hard Drive & Paper Shredding

ever before has privacy been such a large-scale issue. With the advent of the internet, new technologies have been rapidly developing -- and so too have the abilities of hackers and thieves. These days it seems like data breaches are constantly in the news, and those are only the widely publicized ones. Millions and millions of records are compromised each year, the vast majority of them without any type of file encryption. All it takes is one ignorant employee to click on the wrong link from the wrong spam email, and suddenly your business adds to the statistics. More and more data breaches happen each year, so taking every precaution to ensure your files are secure is crucial. An estimated 60% of small businesses go out of business within 6 months of a security breach. The last thing you need is to become compromised because Timmy the intern didn't properly shred your banking info or fully destroy an old hard drive.

Our industrial hard drive and paper shredding equipment can handle any amount of data you can throw at it. R4 Services knows how sensitive your information is, which is why we:
  • Collect material to be shredded and securely transport it for disposal. A receipt of items received will be issued at the time of collection.
  • Confidentially shred the material under the supervision of insured employees.
  • Issue a Certificate of Destruction upon completion of the destruction process.
  • Work with you to assist in your compliance requirements.
For more information, or to request a shred truck/shred bin, get in touch today!
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2 Comments
Ben Wille link
11/4/2020 10:51:53 pm

We'll often bring this up with prospects and pull actual numbers from filings to show them the cost of one lawsuit. Even if it is shredded well, if you don't have a certificate of destruction, you can easily be found liable.

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Conrad O'Connor link
3/5/2021 11:33:02 am

It's interesting that you mention that hiring a professional company to shred your sensitive business documents for you can save you a lot of time. I'm thinking about starting my own business this year, so I should probably hire a good document shredding service. I'm going to look for a good provider of document shredding services in the area that I can use.

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