These days, more than ever, it is important to keep all of our personal information secure. Gone are the days of just throwing our paperwork into the garbage for our local company to haul away. Leaving a paper trail with any of our personal account numbers or identification numbers for people to find means we’re leaving ourselves open to the possibility of identity theft or other headaches. Whether it is payroll documentation, health records, numbers related to our bank accounts or identification numbers that give away billing information, they should all be disposed of in a manner that you can trust won’t allow it to reappear somewhere that they shouldn’t.
The best way to do this is by using a document shredding system that you can trust. You could do this yourself, but by using a professional company to aid with document destruction you can have more volume done in less time, while ensuring that your paperwork is getting destroyed properly with no risk of falling into the wrong hands. This can be done either on-site or with a mobile unit that will come to you. Just as important as destroying your paperwork is finding a way to do it that will be safe for the environment and not add pollution or debris.
There are various professional document destruction companies in the Aurora and Newmarket area, such as Absolute Destruction and Recycling Corporation (visit them at Absolutedestruction.ca/aurora-newmarket.php), which provides these services and does so in a way that isn’t harmful to the environment. Utilizing this type of service means that for every 1,000 milligrams of paper that is shredded, 17 trees and 7,000 gallons of water are saved. It also means 2.5 cubic yards of landfill space is saved that would otherwise be used for paper products. Recycling paper is an environmentally-friendly choice in that by having it shredded, we can re-use the product again by turning it into other products.
Think of the space you could save in your home by having credit card receipts, paperwork and financial documents shredded. Other services of document destruction companies include electronic data destruction, one time clean-ups and purges, and commercial and residential shredding. These companies may also offer on-site destruction of computer hard drives and electronic media devices, which includes taking care of compact discs, credit cards, magnetic tapes, and videos.
In a world that requires the document destruction and secure disposal of our personal paperwork and information, it’s nice to know that there are companies that we can trust and rely on to do it the right way and still be conscious of our environment.
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