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The shredding of documents offers companies a secure way of disposing of their confidential records. There are many companies in the UK that offer shredding services, which can take place either on the customer’s site or at an off-site location.

If an off-site service is chosen, the material to be shredded will be collected at a pre-agreed time and shredding will usually take place on the same day. The customer will be provided with a certificate of destruction and often the shredded material will be removed for re-cycling.

Shredding companies can also offer services for the disposal of non-confidential paperwork. This typically includes brochures, cardboard and headed notepaper. The material is shredded, baled and delivered to a paper mill in the UK for recycling.

To reduce the cost of this service some shredding companies will allow businesses to deliver their own non-confidential waste for shredding. Many such companies also offer a nationwide service to their customers.

A good shredding service will break down the paper into confetti size pieces, so that documents can never be reconstructed. Most of them will also provide a service to any business, no matter how large of small it is, so even a home-based company can benefit from the knowledge that all confidential material has been securely disposed of. The material to be shredded is collected in a security vehicle and shredding takes place behind security gates to ensure that a high standard of compliance is achieved.

Materials do not need to be sorted before shredding; in fact there is no need to even remove staples or bindings.