If you are traveling back and forth to work with client files in your car, you might want to start taking precautions, especially if you’re working in a Health Care related field. Imagine this scenario… You’re just leaving the office after a long day. But like any good hard working employee, there’s always more work to be done and hard deadlines that need to be met. So you pack up a few client files and load them into the back seat of your car so you can do a little work at home. On the way home, you remember that you have to stop by the grocery store to get some milk and cereal so ..read more

With December upon us and all the hype of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and now Cyber Week, please take a moment to pause and reflect. Some large chains couldn’t wait to open their doors on Black Friday, so they began at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Night! Those employees did not get a holiday from work, a chance to be with family and friends and reflect on the blessings of the year. They had to be at work, or suffer the consequence of perhaps losing their job. After a Thursday of gratitude and kindness toward one another, people waited outside of stores for hours in anticipation of gett ..read more

Howdy, In a most recent accident, it would seem I shredded my face off! As a strange coincidence, this happened this morning (Of course on a Monday and of course before sufficient coffee consumption), just two days before Halloween. Consequently, my misfortune is to your benefit… This Halloween (only a day and a half away), Wednesday October 31, 2012, I’m offering 31% OFF all Drop-Off Shredding This includes: Un-Witnessed Drop-Off Shredding Witnessed Strip Cut Shredding Witnessed Cross Cut Shredding Hard Drive Shredding Document shredding Just swing by this Wednesday and mention this o ..read more

Fears of letting go. Fears of not finding what we need when we need it. Fears of throwing away some important papers. Fears of someone stealing our identity. Some of my clients have fears like that. If they haven’t had the time to sort through their papers and/or belongings they reach a point of paralysis – “I better not throw out anything because I bet something important is in one of these boxes—if only I had the time to go through them and figure it all out.” October is the perfect month to face those fears, head-on! Why, October?  The days are still long (daylight savings time doesn ..read more

Hey Folks,   For a limited time, I’m accepting one pre-1965 quarter in exchange for one standard size file box of paper to be shredding down at our secure paper shredding facility.   If you haven’t been paying attention, silver is experiencing significant price appreciation… And, all those old coins contain 90% silver . Consequently, although that old quarter may have only been worth $0.25 those many years ago, they are worth significantly more today. This is mainly due to the fact that the Federal Reserve (the US Central Bank) has been printing money at an alarming rate i ..read more

How dos this shredding thing work? 4 Steps to Determining Your Shredding Needs     WARNING: This is not about which Shredding Company you should choose. This is about choosing the best paper shredding service TYPE that meets your needs viz, Drop-Off; Witnessed; Un-Witnessed; Mobile; Pickup; Recurring Service; Hard Drives.   I get this question all the time: “So how does your shredding service work?” Well… Let’s begin. Step 1: Determine how many standard size file boxes do you have. Once you have an approximate estimate foggy notion of how many boxes you might be needing ..read more

Standard Size File Box What is all this talk about Standard Size File Boxes? Hey Folks, The question comes up all the time regarding how do we charge, what exactly is a Standard Size File Box, and what if I don’t have my documents in a Standard Size File Box? >>Question #1 – How Do We Charge? This one is easy, we charge by the Standard Size File Box which is basically a unit of volume. >>Question #2 – What is a Standard Size File Box Standard Size File Box:  A box typically used for the storage and transport of documents that measures 15″ x 12″ x 10″. If you mult ..read more

Although many of us have taken advantage of email and other forms of electronic documentation with the advancement of technology, we somehow still seem to be weighed down with paperwork. If you own a small business or are in charge of an office at a large company, then keeping up with paperwork is important, and the law.  In recent years, state and federal officials have passed legislation to protect the sensitive information of individuals from scammers and identity thieves. One of the best ways to protect your personal information is to shred documents that contain sensitive data. Bu ..read more

Perhaps the number one reason why most companies choose to shred unwanted documents is to enhance and maintain security. What you may not know is that document shredding isn’t just a great way to improve paper reduction processes in a company and boost internal security – it also offers crucial environmental sustainability. According to research conducted by the environmental protection agency, and various other sources, the environmental impact of shredding documents could be tremendous. O ur environment plays a crucial role in the future of our society, which is why it’s so important that ..read more

It’s more important than ever to make sure your business, especially if it relates to the medical industry, properly shred all documents prior to disposal.   On October 4, 2010 the University of Tennessee Medical Center became aware of a “daily administrative report” that was disposed of through the hospital’s regular trash as opposed to proper shredding.   Contained within the report was “certain patient-related information, including the patient’s name and social security number.” As a result, 8,000 patients had to be notified of the potential privacy breach as required with ..read more