One-Time Purge vs. Scheduled Shredding: Which Is Right for Your Business?

One-Time Purge vs. Scheduled Shredding Shredding paper isn’t just about reducing clutter. This vital business practice helps prevent identity theft, reduces liability risks, and supports compliance with state and federal regulations. But do you need a one-time shredding service or a recurring shredding solution? The answer depends on whether you’re purging decades of files all…

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How Recycling Shredded Paper Benefits Your Business and the Environment

The Benefits of Recycling Shredded Paper Despite the uptick in digital communications, the typical office worker still uses thousands of sheets of paper each year. Multiply this across your entire staff, and it’s clear why paper waste requires thoughtful management. Tossing documents into a standard recycling bin isn’t enough, especially when security is at stake.…

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10 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Shredding Service

10 Questions to Ask Your Shredding Service Provider Is this your first time hiring a company for certified document destruction? Choosing a service provider is an important decision that impacts the security of your confidential information, protects your reputation, and demonstrates your commitment to environmental responsibility. Asking the right questions helps you pick a shredding…

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Are there gaps in your data security?

In 2024, business is moving at a faster rate than ever. Not only do we have to adapt to the increased use of automated digital systems and AI, many aspects of business are still tethered to physical paper documents. Hopefully, everyone knows that importance of information security and confidentiality, but with so many parts to…

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Recycling, why should you do it?

Despite promises of a paperless society, we are still surrounded by paper and paper products everywhere we look. From office memos to junk mail to financial audits, paper is a critical part of our professional and personal lives. How we handle that paper is not only an issue of security, but also of responsibility. Paper…

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Protect Your Identity with Paper Shredding Essentials

The world is increasingly digital. Even so, there seems to be a never ending supply of paper making its way into our homes. Some of these papers are obviously important and need to be protected. Others may seem like they can just be thrown in the trash. However, things are not always what they seem.…

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Schedule Your Year-End Shredding Purge for Maximum Security

The weather has turned cool and fall is officially here. While it may be tempting to just enjoy the holiday season, this is the perfect time to check undone to-dos off your list. Something that should be considered are high priority task is securely processing your out-dated and unneeded physical documents. To provide you with…

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The paper lifecycle

When you shred documents with DSS you are contributing to an important lifecycle that not only provides secure destruction of your information, it also supplies the marketplace with low-grade paper goods such as paper towels, napkins, toilet paper and more. Let’s take a look at the lifecycle of your paper to better understand the importance…

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Seasonal Tips for Cleaning Out Old Files Effectively

Summer is coming to an end and some (hopefully) cooler weather is about to blow in. As the seasons change and kids return to school, it is easy to lose sight of your document management. However, don’t put off important tasks like a document shredding project until the end of the year. In fact, here…

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