Many companies choose to shred in-house. This decision requires them to ignore the economic reality and the security risks. But how can they ignore the problems of disposing of the shredded paper? Easy for one Texas bank, just sell your shredded material to a local online merchant.

The first problem is that they don't use a good enough shredder to truly destroy the information. However, any shredding service will tell you that the shreds should also be handled with care. For most that means pulping the shreds. The side benefit is the paper is now recycled into new paper.