What should I shred?

Every day, whether at home or at the office, people all over the United States receive and process significant amounts of paper. Whether it's through the mail, around the office, or by some other delivery method, everyone gets some important or personal information on paper. Most people know to destroy documents containing obvious personal data to ensure that information stays safe and doesn't fall into identity thieves' hands. However, without a trusted document destruction method, these papers and other personal documents often end up in "I'll-shred-it-later" piles all around the home or office. Also, there are many other documents that people save and are unsure whether to include them in the destruction piles. To be safe rather than sorry, the questionable documents, forms, and other papers also end up in piles around the home or office. 

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Rather than allowing these piles of paper and other important documents to build and create clutter, many different storage and destruction methods will help keep your life clutter-free and your identity safe. Rocky Mountain Document destruction provides Scheduled Paper Shredding Services, Paper Shredding Purges, Drop Off Paper Shredding, Hard Drive Destruction, and Free Shredding Events sponsored by large companies for their clients or neighborhoods of which they are part.

But, how do you decide what should be shredded or destroyed, and what can be safely disposed of in a regular trash or recycle bin?

There are thousands of variations of documents, papers, hard drives, and other sensitive materials, so we can't possibly list all potential items that might interest a competitor, hacker, or identity thief. If you're not sure what to do with all the documents and other materials in your "I'll-shred-it-later" piles, here's a reference list of ideas to help you decide what to destroy and what you can throw away:

Applications
Audit Materials
Bank Statements
Bid Proposals
Canceled or Blank Checks
Claims
Company Memos
Company Notes
Contracts
Customer Lists
Drug Screens
Education Records
Financial Statements
Hard Drives
Insurance Records
Inventory Lists and Reports
Legal Documents
Loan Information
Marketing Plans
Medical Records
Meeting Minutes
Memos
Misprinted Materials
Obsolete Tax and Bank Records
Out-of-Date Literature or Business Records
Personnel Files
Printed Emails
Product Designs
Price Lists
Sales Figures
Sales Statistics
Sensitive Correspondence

Do you have anything on this list or anything else you can think of that needs to be safely and permanently destroyed? If so, Rocky Mountain Document destruction can help. We cover a wide range of services and tailor them to an individual's needs up to a company with thousands of employees. Rocky Mountain Document destruction can help you remove clutter and permanently dispose of your sensitive information.