Regularly scheduled pickups around your business’s specific hours, with additional pickups available as needed
Scheduled Paper Shredding
Protect your information every step of the way with Shred-it’s regularly scheduled paper shredding service. Get a quote now!
Destroy Confidential Information Securely with Scheduled Shredding
The most common way confidential information gets into the wrong hands is when it’s not handled appropriately. With Shred-it secure document destruction, all paper documents can go into our tamper-proof containers where the paper is destroyed and recycled, safely and securely. So, with a regularly-scheduled service, you’re not just protected on shredding day but every day.
Scheduled Shredding: What to Expect
State-of-the-art secure chain-of-custody at every touchpoint
Secure, locked containers in your office
On-Site or off-site service available to meet your document shredding needs
A Certificate of Destruction after every service
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Secure Shredding Services Near Me
Find professional, reliable shredding services across the UK. We offer local paper shredding, as well as product, hard drive, and media destruction services.
We’re located in key areas including London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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Shred-it Secure Chain-of-Custody
Our better-than-industry standards start with our secure chain-of-custody protocols. We invest in the latest technologies to ensure end-to-end tracking of your documents, media and hard drives:
Barcode scan at every touchpoint
GPS-tracked fleets
Locked trucks and secure totes keep information safe in transit
Secure, monitored facilities protect your information before it's destroyed
Tamper-proof containers keep hands off your materials
Certificate of Destruction certifies that your material was destroyed in a compliant manner
The Shred-it Advantage: Leading in Secure Document Destruction
Shred-it protects organisations' information for their people, customers and brands. With over 30 years of experience, our primary focus on document security helps ensure your confidential information remains confidential. We offer paper, hard drive, and speciality shredding services.
Service Reliability
With one of the largest shredding fleets in the UK, we are where you are.
Security Expertise
Shred-it UK is an i-SIGMA member, adhering to the stringent security practices and procedures established by the International Secure Information Governance & Management AssociationTM (i-SIGMA®). We keep your information safe.
Customer Experience
Our customers rely on our breadth of solutions, global scale, and unmatched network of resources to protect what matters. We are 100% committed to customer protection and satisfaction.
Our Secure Shredding and Destruction Services
Frequently Asked Questions
We follow a six-step security protocol to help keep confidential information safe every step of the way. We require a barcode scan at every touchpoint to track our chain of custody and our employees have Certified Information Security Professional designations. This means that they undergo rigorous training to learn how to protect confidential information.
Our fleets are GPS-tracked so we know where your documents are, and we lock our containers and trucks to keep information safe in transit. Our secure, monitored facilities help protect your information before it’s destroyed. When the process is finished, we provide customers a Certificate of Destruction to guarantee that we destroyed and recycled your documents.
Another option is that Shred-it installs locked consoles in your facility. All documents that need to be destroyed are deposited in them. Only a Shred-it security-screened expert removes your documents from the locked consoles. Your documents are destroyed at a secure location or on site at your premises, depending on your requirements. For each service, we provide you with an official Certificate of Destruction for your records, as proof your documents were securely destroyed.
For some customers, an on-site shredding service is a preferred option. Whether it’s because of corporate policy or for the peace of mind that comes with seeing confidential documents destroyed in-person, Shred-it offers an on-site mobile shredding service.
Here’s what you can expect from our mobile shredding services:
Far more effective, and virtually impossible to reconstitute, is the crosscut shredder used by professional information destruction organisations to reduce confidential materials to fine pieces of confetti. Shredded paper is then compacted under massive pressure into solid bales ready for transportation to a recycler.
All shredded paper is recycled, baled and shipped to trusted recycler partners, alongside shredded digital media, too. The shredded paper is turned into consumer paper products for a second life. As a result, millions of trees are saved every year.
There are many hidden costs of using an office shredder. (Finance, reputation damage). Shred-it experts recommend outsourcing document shredding to avoid data breach risks, human errors, and minimize cost and time.
While using an office shredder may seem like a simple solution for disposing of confidential documents, there are several pitfalls. Time spent shredding can distract employees from more important tasks and can quickly add up to hundreds of pounds in labour costs. Plus, most office shredders do not utilise cross-cut shredding technology, meaning documents are shredded into long strips which can be easily reassembled.
Partnering with a secure document destruction company gives you peace of mind that your confidential information will not fall into the wrong hands.
The GDPR stands for The General Data Protection Regulation, providing new legal requirements for how organisations collect and store the sensitive data of people in the EU.
Organisations must destroy sensitive information when it is no longer needed. Shredding confidential documents is one of the Information Commissioner’s Office recommended measures for securing personal data.
Shred-it’s full suite of secure shredding services can help your organisation to remain compliant with the GDPR. Our Data Security Survey is a crucial first step to ensuring vulnerable areas of your business are identified and our certificate of destruction is a key asset to proof of the document's destruction.
