Document Destruction Companies of America

Out-sourced Paper Shredding is More Cost Effective Than In-House Shredding

It is very expensive to have your own employees shred paper with portable office shredders. If your people are shredding for as little as a combined two hours PER MONTH, it is likely that hiring a professional document destruction company will be a less expensive alternative.

If you are shredding less than two hours per month, you may want to consider storing the paper and having the paper shredded once per year by a professional document destruction company.

You save money by using an professional document shredding company because:

• You don't have to pay your employees to shred the paper 
• You don't have to purchase and maintain your own shredding equipment 
• You don't have to remove paper clips and staples 
• You don't have to clean up the dust from shredding 
• You don't have to pay for the cost of disposal of the paper 

Direct Cost of Shredding Internally

2,000 sheets divided by 15 sheets per minute is 2 hours 15 minutes. If the person doing the shredding makes as little as $8 per hour plus 25% for taxes and benefits, that means the direct cost of internally shredding 2,000 pages is $22.22 per month. Next you add in the cost of the in-house shredder, disposal of bags of paper, dust clean up and disruptions from noise. If your volume is this amount or more, then you are better off using a professional, bonded document destruction company.