When it comes to shredding your documents, there are a number of ways to accomplish this task effectively. But how many of those methods make it easy to get the job done? Convenience is one of the biggest drivers on which type of service people choose. This is why mobile shredding, or on-site shredding, has become increasingly popular.
Shredding documents might not seem like an important task, but you’d be surprised how much paper needs to be shredded in today’s digital world. But for all those who need shredding, convenience and security are both paramount. In this blog, we’ll explore the reasons why mobile shredding provides a convenient, secure solution.
What is Mobile Shredding?
Mobile shredding is where a truck comes to your home or office and shreds your documents on the premises. This allows you to watch your documents being destroyed for added peace of mind. You’re not required to witness the shredding for compliance, but many shredding customers choose to watch as the shredding happens.
Paper Documents Are Still Widely Used
Many businesses are making the transition to paperless offices, but the need for physical documents isn’t going anywhere any time soon. Paper is still used across most industries. Even the latest reports estimate that the U.S. still uses nearly 12.1 trillion sheets of paper each year. That breaks down to almost 10,000 sheets for each office worker.
The need for physical documents isn’t going anywhere any time soon.
Many organizations talk about having “gone paperless,” but there are still plenty of physical documents being used. Consider law firms. During the course of trials and discovery, clients and opposing legal teams will often provide documents to help make the case. These documents are scanned and put online digitally, but the originals must still be retained and destroyed in compliance with state and federal privacy laws.
Recurring Pick-ups Can Be Scheduled
Mobile shredding service providers will install locked shred bins around your office, to make the disposal of sensitive documents easier. This is included in the cost of your service. Your employees will then fill the bins with all the paperwork that needs shredding.
Mobile shredding offers the most secure and comprehensive shredding service.
Depending on your paper output, you can have routine pickups scheduled, or you can call your provider when the bins need to be emptied. We often recommend scheduled pickups to remove the hassle of needing to schedule service. This way, you can just go about your business as usual.
Mobile shredding offers the most secure and comprehensive shredding service. In addition to the locked bins, you can witness your documents being destroyed. This service usually takes several minutes to complete, and you do not need to watch if you’d prefer not to. Afterwards, the empty bins will be placed back in your office until your next service.
Security Is the Top Priority
Mobile shredding provides multiple layers of security to ensure information remains protected. In addition to the locked bins around your office, service providers will never actually come into contact with your documents. The bins will be emptied into the industrial shredder that is already on the truck. Much like a trash service, the bins will be emptied directly into the shredder eliminating any third-party contact.
Service providers will never actually come into contact with your documents.
Upon completion, you’ll also be issued a certificate of destruction for your records. This certificate will outline all the details of the job including the time, place, and chain of custody for every job. The certificate will protect you from any potential legal troubles by providing you with a unique serial number for each job.
Convenient Mobile Shredding With Shred Nations
Are you a business looking for on-site shredding? Join companies like yours who’ve worked with our nationwide network of mobile shredding providers to handle their document destruction. In addition to on-site services, we also offer off-site destruction, recurring shredding, bulk shredding, and hard drive destruction.
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