Secure Shredding Services

What is Confidential Waste?

Confidential waste is anything you dispose of that could potentially expose personal or discrete information about customers, employees, suppliers or anyone else who interacts with your business. It is any documentation that, in the wrong hands, could be used to commit fraud, identity theft or blackmail. Many different types of paperwork require secure document disposal, and the most common can be broken down into four subcategories:

Financial Information

This includes budgeting documents, tax returns, sales receipts, payroll information, bank statements and voided cheques.

Company Information

This includes company structure and pricing information and supplier information.

Employee Information

This includes employment records, appraisal reports, disciplinary reports, absence information, CVs, copies of identification documents such as passports and driving licenses.

Customer or Client Information

This includes contracts, customer contact details, printed emails that reveal contact information and any other documents that reveal sensitive or personal information about an individual.

There are just a few examples of confidential information that requires correct disposal through a secure shredding service. Depending on your industry, you may have many other documents that require confidential paper shredding. If you’re in any doubt over whether your waste is classed as confidential – speak to Click Waste UK today. We’ll help you find the solution.

What Happens in Confidential Document Destruction?

There are a few stages to secure paper disposal, and it starts with the container. When you choose Click Waste UK, we’ll work with you to decide what type of container you need and how many. In many cases, we recommend a bin with a lockable, tamper-proof lid that you and your employees can quickly deposit sensitive documents into. Containers are available in a range of sizes – from bags and small consoles that discretely blend into your office environment to large scale shredding bins for high-volume document destruction services.

When you’re ready for us to collect your confidential waste, it can either be shredded on-site, allowing you to witness the process and providing peace of mind that your sensitive records have been destroyed. Alternatively, your confidential waste can be removed and taken to a legally designated off-site facility to be shredded, destroyed and recycled. With either option, once the process has been completed, you’ll be issued with a Certificate of Destruction as proof that your information has been securely destroyed.

Here at Click Waste UK, we ensure that our secure document shredding services operate entirely within the regulations set out by the government to manage confidential waste whilst also offering you a flexible, contract-free approach to waste management. If you think you could benefit from our services, call us today on 01303 815113 or fill out our enquiry form.