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Holiday Paper Recycling: Fast Facts
Exactly how much waste is created during the holidays? Here are some fast facts. According to the EPA, from Thanksgiving straight on until New Year’s Day, Americans accumulate about 25% more trash than any time of year. That’s because there’s added food waste from holiday celebrations, not to mention shopping bags, packaging, wrapping paper, bows,…
Read MoreThe Biggest Reasons to Be Thankful For Document Destruction
Modern paper shredding and document destruction is a process to be thankful for. Here’s why… We’ve come a long way since the inception of the first paper shredder, and despite it’s rather peculiar and tarnished history, modern paper shredding and document destruction is a process to be thankful for. Without commercial paper shredding, businesses and…
Read More3 Simple Rules Employees Should Follow for Optimal Identity Protection
It is imperative that businesses enforce policies for employees to follow to provide optimal workplace identity protection – not only for themselves, but for your business too. We are in an era of oversharing. It seems that social media has made it commonplace to share every aspect of our lives, and sometimes that mentality can…
Read MoreA Clean Desk Policy Means Better Security
A Clean Desk Policy Means Better Security Following a clean desk policy can help your business reduce the risk of information theft, fraud, or a security breach caused by sensitive information being left unattended and visible in plain view. “It’s pointless to have a nice clean desk, because it means you’re not doing anything.” While…
Read MorePolitical Mailings & Recycling: We Can Help
Your mailbox may have been a bit fuller these last few weeks. Don’t let the waste end up in a landfill. With Election Day finally here, you’re probably wondering exactly how many political fliers you’ve been delivered over the last few weeks. Despite being in the digital age, direct mail is still one of the…
Read MoreRuskin Seafood Festival Legal Shred
Ruskin Seafood Festival Legal Shred The 28th Annual Ruskin Seafood Festival welcomes you to E.G. Simmons pristine waterfront park right on Tampa Bay featuring Sun, Fun & Seafood! The Seafood Festival is South Hillsborough County’s largest community event with over 25,000 in attendance in 2015! Fabulous Seafood & More! Feast on savory seafood fare, enjoy a variety of live music and…
Read MoreQuarterly Shredding & Clean Up for Your Documents
As we close out October, many businesses and residents are preparing to close out the final quarter of the year. Here’s how Legal Shred can help you clean up! This is a good time to consider document management processes, which include discarding documents that have met or exceeded their retention periods. Managing the flow of…
Read MoreHospital Discharge Paper Shredding & Identity Protection
How do you dispose of your hospital discharge papers once you no longer need them? A visit to the hospital can be a scary experience, but a lot of care and consideration goes into the safety of patients, especially upon discharge. Once a patient is healthy, a doctor will order discharge papers to take home…
Read MoreThe Facts About Solid State Hard Drive Destruction
How do you destroy solid state hard drives? Through shredding, of course. Companies who amass a lot of data most likely rely on solid state hard drives, or SSDs, for data storage, which are vastly different than traditional hard drives. There are no moving parts inside an SSD. Rather than using disks and read/write heads,…
Read MoreLegal Shred: Helping to Weather the Storm
Post-storm cleanup reminders for safety and security from Legal Shred. When a terrible storm hits, it’s the aftermath that is the worst. Communities are left to rebuild what’s been damaged and destroyed; downed trees, damaged power lines, debris littering the streets, and houses and businesses are often left uninhabitable. In the wake of Hurricane Matthew,…
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