The cost of shredding?

We speak to many business’s in York, Leeds, Harrogate, Beverly, Hull and beyond who tell us that they do their own shredding using an office shredder which is great but for a few points:

1. These machines often only take 2 – 3 sheets at a time and then after 10 or so need a rest!
2. The shredded material is shredded into about 40 – 50 strips, which can easily be assembled.
3. You are unable to recycle this shredding and therefore it ends up being put into general waste and sent to landfill.
4. You need to remove all staples, wallets and folders before you can even start shredding.

Above all of these points is the money it costs to actually have someone stand and complete this process!

Using an office shredder to shred a standard archive box full of materials will take approximately 1 hour plus say preparation time of 30 minutes, therefore on average 1½ hours from start to finish.

Lets assume that you pay an administrator a salary of £18,000 per annum, based on a 35 hour working week they are earning around £9.89 per hour. Taking into account the 1½ hours it takes to shred the contents of the box it is actually costing your business almost £15 per archive box.

If you want to save money on this then call Yorshred, we will take your confidential paperwork away for secure shredding charging just a fraction of the real cost to your business. Not only that, your business is immediately increasing it’s social responsibility by recycling more and freeing up staff time for other projects.

We will also provide you with a certificate of destruction which is your audit trail for the Information Commissioners Office and the Environment Agency, not to mention covering you with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Give you staff a rest and let us take care of your confidential paperwork and provide you with a secure shredding service.