Off-Site Shredding in Philadelphia

Off site, shredding is the operation of taking your papers to a secure Pennsylvania facility and destroying them. This process is compliant with every current federal and Pennsylvania state privacy law including HIPAA.

This option is common because it is usually less expensive to shred at a facility than at your location. It provides a high level of security as only authorized employees with Philadelphia Document Shredding are allowed to come in contact with the paper or even be in the plant.

Trained security drivers take your documents within a locked truck, guarding it until it arrives at the secure Philadelphia shredding facility. Upon the delivery of the files for destruction, the containers are weighed.

Once recorded, they are lined up to start the shredding process. The material is dumped directly into the giant shredder, processing about 20,000 pounds per hour. A Certificate of Destruction is created with the certified weight that assures the papers were destroyed. Once materials are destroyed, they are baled and sent directly to a paper mill where the material is turned into pulp to make new paper.