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Frequently Asked Questions

Q - How much do your on-site destruction services cost?
A - Pricing for on-site mobile shredding varies according to your geographical location, number of bins required and shredding frequency. In Australia it is a relatively new service as a guideline; large volume term contracted accounts can pay as low as $35.00 including 240 litre lockable bins hire.

Q - Why shred Documents on-site why not take them off-site?
A - Simple answer is peace of mind. Just the fact of knowing there is no way anyone can view any of your sensitive company and customer records.

Q - Once our paper is shredded what happens to the shredded materials in the back of your trucks?
A - All 12 mm shredded materials end up being pulped or recycled for secondary products such as egg cartons shoe boxes etc depending on quality some even end up as writing paper, envelopes and tissue paper products.

Q - Is it true recycling waste paper save our trees?
A - Indirectly yes. Each plantation tree makes 3077 pieces of A4 paper; there are 40,000 pieces of paper in a tonne. Australia accounts for 5 million tonnes of recycled paper PA. Sadly we use 15 million tones of various types of paper products, that is a there is a huge imbalance. For instance in 2006-07 China market alone buys 20 billion tons of recycled waste paper, closely followed by India and Indonesia.

Q - Some of our paper is not considered sensitive, "Is it not cheaper for us to dump it than pay to have it shredded?"
A - Definitely not. Climate change requires us all to take responsibility for proper waste disposal. Paper dumped into a waste hole or landfill, as it rots will cause methane to escape into the atmosphere, methane is a highly toxic greenhouse gas, a single molecule of methane is 21 times more harmful than carbon waste. The damage that will do to our planet is catastrophic.

Q - Do you do a once only purging of old files?
A - Yes we do, in fact we can monitor an Annual or bi - annual shredding of old files. We can do this at your office, home or warehouse storage facility.

Q - What happens to our hard drives and how can we be sure they are correctly destroyed?
A - If you wish you can have staff member view the destruction process.

Q - How does it work, do you come to our office once a week or do we have to call you?
A - Regular service to suit your requirements, from the locked security bin in your office, to instant destruction in the on-site mobile shredding truck at your door. The bin is returned to the office within minutes, accompanied by a destruction certificate. Importantly the chain of custody remains unbroken. On-site shredding technology will ensure safe, reliable tight control over your redundant confidential document disposal.

Q - Isn't it cheaper for us to purchase our own shredder?
A - No; Only if you are a hi-volume user. You will spend around $5000 for a hi-volume (30-40 sheets per minute) commercial shredding unit, you would be wasting your time with cheaper $300 Officeworks versions. On top of the initial purchase cost there is the labour costs; An average office of 25 people over 22 work days per month will use 70 Kilos, literally one Shredfast bin. It is calculated shredding time alone would be 10-15 hours @ $40 per man hour = $5-600.00. And that does not include you cost of shredder purchase. One Shredfast bin costs $85 per month.

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