Document Destruction Best Practices: A Comprehensive Guide to Paper Shredding

Best practices for document destruction

For modern businesses today, one of the most important security measures a company can take is ensuring secure document destruction. Every organization holds confidential information on clients and operations alike. And without a proper document shredding policy, you face the risk of compromised company files, employee records and customer information. To make sure your confidential…

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How to Choose an Atlanta Document Shredding Company

Document shredding company in Atlanta

When it comes to the protection of your company files, employee records, and confidential client information, there is no margin for error. For medical facilities, corporations, and government agencies, finding the right document shredding partner is a crucial step in ensuring sensitive information is properly and securely handled. The shredding company you decide to partner…

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New Website

Hello EcoShredding friends. We’re excited to announce the launch of our new website! We hope you like it and find it informative! We feel it is a big step forward in combining our communications including our blog and website together in one hub to keep our current customers and future customers informed. Thanks and have…

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Closing the Gap

We frequently discuss the importance of recycling, as this turns items that would otherwise end up in a landfill into new products. EcoShredding is committed to recycling all shredded paper. One part of the recycling process that is often overlooked, however, is “closing the gap.” Closing the gap means not only recycling, but also buying…

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How much paper is in your wallet?

During 2011, the U.S. government will print about 6.8 billion bills, according to the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing. That’s enough paper to stretch around the Earth more than 26 times!* It’s amazing when we think about everything we use paper for on a daily basis: cash, check, notes, contracts, invoices, etc. Obviously,…

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Go Green This Summer

With Independence Day behind us, it seems we’ve reached mid-summer. And in Metro Atlanta, that means even more heat and, of course, some smog. As you’re going about your summer activities, we have some tips to help you go green and still have a great time!

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What happens when paper is recycled?

As going green becomes a bigger deal in today’s world, more and more consumers are paying attention to where their products come from. Do you know how many of the products you purchase are packaged using post-consumer waste?

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Benefits of Paper Recycling

Did you know the average office worker in the U.S. uses 10,000 sheets of copy paper each year? That’s four million tons of copy paper used annually! Of that, about 74 percent is recovered for recycling. Once recycled, the paper can be transformed into many products including, masking tape, paper money, globes, bandages, dust masks,…

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Upcoming Shredding Events

We’ve discussed before why it’s so important to destroy sensitive documents, such as bank statements, medical records, tax information, credit card statements and even junk mail. Identity theft is constantly on the rise. While Dumpster diving is no longer the only common way this crime is accomplished, it’s not worth the risk. Chances are, you…

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How to prevent identity theft

Did you know that 10% of Americans have had their identities stolen, and on average, each of those individuals lost around $5,000?! Identity theft is a form of fraud or cheating of another person’s identity in which someone pretends to be someone else by assuming that person’s identity, typically in order to access resources or…

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