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Choosing a Shredding Company
In this "How to" video, we discuss how to select your Paper Shredding Services Partner.
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The Shred-it Process
Shred-it's regularly scheduled document destruction service is the best option for organizations that care about protecting their information and reputation. Watch...
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What is Information Security?
This "how to video" reviews the importance of information security and ensuring your company has the right security policy in place to protect your business.
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Shredding Paper and the Environment
In this "how to" video, we share the how paper shredding helps your office remain more environmentally friendly.
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What you need to know about Privacy Laws
In this "how to video", we review the importance of privacy laws and secure information.
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What Should you Shred?
In this "how to" video, we review what organizations should consider when deciding what confidential information requires document shredding and what does not.
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Customers Talk About Shred-it Services
If you want to know how a company really is, just ask its customers. Shred-it did just that and is sharing a few of our customers' experiences with you.
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How Shred-it can help your organization
In this short video, Shred-it Customers discuss how Shred-it has helped their organization become more secure.
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Value and Benefits
What do Shred-it Customers value most about their shredding services? This video discusses the benefits that Shred-it brings to their organization.
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How can I be guaranteed that my sensitive documents have been completely destroyed?
It's important that you know for sure that yout sensitive documents have been completely destroyed...watch our video to learn more.
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Does Shred-it conduct background checks on its employees?
Shred-it is the business of security and trust. All Shred-it employees go through intensive background checks and security-screening...watch our video to learn more.
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Do you educate employees on legislative policies and procedures?
Staying up-to-date about legislative policies and procedures is an important part of our business and service to you. We share information with customers and...
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Can Shred-it provide service to multiple locations?
Shred-it has the largest geographic footprint in the shredding industry. We operate on five continents - so in most cases, we can provide shredding services to all of...
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What type of material do you shred?
We can shred just about anything, but we mostly shred paper. And instead of using conventional strip-cut shredders, we use crosscut shredding technology that reduces...
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What size jobs does Shred-it accept?
Shred-it accepts all jobs, large or small. Our customers range from small offices to major organizations. Depending on your needs, many of our locations also offer...
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What if I only need Shred-it's service one time or for annual clean-ups?
Annual cleanups are not a problem at all. Shred-it is happy to meet your needs… whether it's daily scheduled service or a one-time shred...watch our video to learn...
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What is confidential information?
One way to determine what is confidential in your company is to consider what might happen if the information ever got into a competitor's hands...watch our video to...
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Is the shredding process secure?
Our shredding process is extremely secure. The most secure method is done on site at your location in a secure, caged area on our Shred-it truck...watch our video for...
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What happens if our console is full before the regularly scheduled service time?
If your console fills up too fast just give us a quick call. We’ll be happy to schedule an extra pick-up. If it starts to happen a lot we can provide you with...
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What console should I pick?
We provide different shapes and sizes of consoles depending on your security needs, expected volume and office design. We’d be happy to help you decide...watch our...
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How often does Shred-it come to shred?
As often as you need us. We schedule your service visits based on the amount of sensitive materials your business produces and needs shredded...watch our video to...
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How is the stored material kept safe before it is shredded?
Your employees put the documents that they want shredded into Shred-it's locked consoles. A beveled slot and internal security plate ensure that your documents can't...
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How often do your employees undergo training?
Our employees receive a great deal of training, and it's on-going to keep everyone up to date on everything related to information security. Hands-on training is...
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Do you shred residential or home office documents?
Sure, the ideal solution for you depends on the amount of material that you need shredded...watch our video to learn more.
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What happens to the paper after it has been shredded?
After the paper has been securely shredded, the paper is bundled and recycled into paper products...watch our video to learn more.
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Do I need to sort the paper?
Not at all. And we don't sort it either. All you need to do is put the documents into the locked consoles we provide and that's it. You don't have to worry about...
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We use a recycler for our documents, so why would I need a shredding service?
Recycling services are not designed to provide security. Recycling is simply not a secure way to destroy sensitive materials when you do not need to keep them anymore....
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We store our records, so why do we need a shredding service?
Every business eventually needs to destroy sensitive documents that are no longer needed. It's the law. In fact, under privacy legislation keeping documents for too...
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We have an in-house office shredder, so why would we outsource?
Outsourcing your paper shredding is actually a cost-effective strategy. An in-house paper shredder is time consuming - the time your employees spend separating paper...
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Security Risk Assessment - why is this important and what does it do for me?
A security risk assessment helps you determine the level of document security in your business - and that helps identify security risks and how to put a secure and...
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How am I able to determine our environmental contribution?
Shred-it is an environmentally-conscious company that takes recycling very seriously. Every year we provide our clients with a Certificate of Environmental...
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Which information security tips are important?
All businesses today need to protect the confidential information of their customers, suppliers, employees and business in general. Mishandled, lost or stolen...
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Who is Shred-it?
Shred-it is the world's leading document destruction and recycling company. We pride ourselves on being reliable, convenient, and most importantly, secure...watch our...
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Why choose off site shredding?
We always recommend on site shredding to our customers because it is the most secure document destruction method.But of course, for some businesses, off-site shredding...
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Why choose on site shredding?
On site shredding is the most secure method for document destruction because it is done on site in a secure locked area in our shredding truck...watch our video to...
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Why does shred size matter?
Shred size is a matter of security and the smaller paper is shredded and the rougher the edges, the better. Shred-it uses cross-cut shredders that completely destroy...