Shred on Site

The majority of businesses will have a substantial amount of secure information that is stored confidentially and then needs to be destroyed. For some businesses this may be largely in paper form, however more and more businesses are moving towards only storing data digitally. However, this means that companies must be careful to diligently dispose of any media that they are no longer using – whether this is hard drives, DVDs or CDs, or other storage devices such as SIM cards or USB memory sticks.

Every company has secure documentation – anything from staff payment information, to accounts or private customer data. When you’ve finished with these printed documents, under UK confidentiality laws, your company is required to dispose of these securely. And not only for paper documents – don’t forget any of your data that is stored on hard drives, USB sticks or other media.

The secure document destruction community is responsible for an average of about 49% of the nation’s annual paper recycling each year. With several tons of paper being shredded each day, it’s vital that companies like Shred-on-Site are on the cusp of supporting the country with its national recycling commitment. The national objective to decrease the amount of landfill waste and to increase the volume of direct recycled paper remains clear. It’s up to us and our clients to hit the targets and stop paper from hitting the landfill.

It is likely that your business, like many, produces a number of private documents on a regular basis. This can include anything from personal customer details to bank details, as well as pay-slips and in-house transactions. How you deal with these is important, as it is vital to make sure that your business is compliant with UK legislation about data protection. Without doing this, your business could face serious legal implications.

Proper disposal of confidential information is important but also a legal requirement in the UK. Failure to do this sufficiently can result in severe penalties, damage to your company name and reputation and ultimately loss of business due to this. This means that shredding should be a regular part of your business’ disposal strategy. So what options are there for you?

There is no denying that there are many benefits to shredding your confidential business waste. Not only does it maintain your security at a legal level of compliance, but it also is an efficient way to dispose of these documents. Recycling may also be a key value for your business, and with mobile shredding, you can combine the two.

Even in the digital age that we live in, most businesses will have a number of physical documents that contain secure information. This can include anything such as letters addressed to them, customer or staff information. If this isn’t kept secure, or destroyed properly, then the risk of fraud, identity theft and other complications occurs. To protect their information effectively, businesses should ensure regular shredding of all of these documents.

It’s that time of year again and the office is getting quieter and quieter as colleagues book holiday and customers begin to think about shutting shop for the Festive period.

Every business in the UK holds sensitive information – whether this is customer or staff data. Such documents include financial information or personal details such as names and addresses. Leaving this information open to public access is not only a problem, but will leave the company open to legal issues due to lack of compliance with UK laws which require the security of such documents

The UK use a total of 12.5 million tonnes of paper every single year. This uses a huge amount of energy and produces CO2, harming our environment. With businesses reducing their carbon footprint by allowing their shredded documents to go on to be recycled can dramatically reduce this, saving paper from going into landfill where more greenhouse gases are produced.