Variables in Using Off-Site Shredding Services

Using an offsite shredding company has some variables in the equation that might make you a bit uneasy to contract these services, especially if you knew about them. Incred-A-Shred only offers ON-SITE shredding services. Back to off site and its limitations. First of all, your document, files, or records leave your location in a box truck that is locked up. They are transported back to a stationary shredder in a building. Hopefully nothing happens on the trip to the facility. Variables out of your control and the off-site shredding company's control include an accident with the truck where your records are stored or the truck is stolen or broken into. Next, the records are received at a warehouse and typically are never shredded the same day, and sometimes not even the same week. Can you imagine all your confidential records sitting in a warehouse for days, even weeks waiting to be destroyed? Which brings me to my last point, when and how do you know that your records have been destroyed. Implementing a program with an on-site shredding partner is the safest option for anyone where document security is crucial.