If you’re holding onto documents you no longer need, you’re running the risk of having your information fall into the wrong hands. If you’re a business, medical office, or school, you’re risking a lawsuit or worse if that happens. It’s best to get rid of documents and data you no longer need so you can protect yourself and your clients. You can just do it yourself then, right? Yes, you could – or you could hire the professionals. There are pros and cons to both options.
DIY Shredding
Pros
- It’s cheap. You can buy a home shredder for as little as $30 and be ready to shred away.
- Everyone can do it. Any Tom, Dick, or Harry can operate a shredder – it’s just feeding papers into a slot. You can do it yourself or have another employee or intern do it.
Cons:
- It’s slow. Home shredders are so cheap because they have way less power than large shredders. It can take hours to shred just a few file boxes worth of paper, and that’s if your shredder doesn’t overheat and cost you more time.
- It’s not that secure. Anytime a new person comes into the shredding room, you’re risking your information being stolen even after it’s shredded.
- It’s stuck with you. When you shred your documents yourself, you’re responsible for recycling or disposing of them afterward.
Professional Shredding
Pros:
- It’s secure. Professional shredding services are legally certified to safely and securely dispose of your shredded documents, so your information isn’t at risk of being stolen.
- It saves you money. When you subtract the cost of your shredder maintenance and the cost of paying someone to sit there and shred papers for hours, professional shredding services could be a lot cheaper.
- It’s convenient. With drop-off, mobile, and recurring shredding services, you don’t have to take time out of your busy day to sit and shred papers. We’ll come to you.
Cons:
- Honestly, there really aren’t any!
Complete Shredding Solutions fulfills all the pros of document shredding without any drawbacks to you! We provide mobile shredding, recurring shredding, and drop-off services to make destroying your data fast, easy, and affordable. For paper shredding services on Long Island, in New Jersey, or nationwide, please call us 516-442-1642.
