Document Shredding Cost

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Preparing to clear out old records of a relative who passed on and I now have the Clearance Certificate from CRA.

Seems the cheapest option was $1.50 lb at Staples or UPS store. They use Iron Mountain, you pay the fee and feed documents into a locked bin that IM removes periodically and then shreds.

But...... UPS has a deal where you purchase a document box for $20, fill it with up to 30 lbs of documents and this works out to $0.66 a lb. I was a bit dubious I could get 30 lb in the box, but not an issue. Only downside is that you still have to feed contents through the slot in the locked bin.

 

[oioioi]

How much paper do you have?
Can you not just use it as fire starter or fuel for the bonfire during the summer?

Or do you need some sort of proof that is was disposed of properly?

 

[GreyGhost]

My old office used papersavers. It looks like they can get down to $3/box (I assume that is with you dropping off in Markham). For more money, they will come to you.

 

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How much paper do you have?
Can you not just use it as fire starter or fuel for the bonfire during the summer?

Or do you need some sort of proof that is was disposed of properly?

In total, I'll probably have 10 boxes once my MIL + FIL and my own paper purge is over.

My old office used papersavers. It looks like they can get down to $3/box (I assume that is with you dropping off in Markham). For more money, they will come to you.

Yes, I've used them before. It is cheaper, but way out of my way and I plan to drop off boxes as areas are cleaned or purged. UPS is 10 minutes from my door and I'm in the area couple of times a week.

This is part of a bigger project to go through everything in the basement and get rid of stuff no one wants. China, crystal, old books etc..... We have stuff kept in the family for the last 120+ years. 3 sets of silver no one uses, 2 - 3 sets of china never used etc........

 

[raginduck]

I had blue pencil come to my house in Brampton a few months ago.. I don’t remember the cost per box… but I shredded dozens of boxes and it cost a few hundred.

 

[Bobo]

Donate them to The Federal Liberal Party, they’ll have them redacted in no time, free of charge.

 

[nobbie48]

How secure does the shredding need to be?

I used someone near 404 Steeles and they ribbon shredded which isn't that secure. A bit of clear tape and a page is readable in a few minutes.

DND on the other hand has shredders at every desk feeding mini confetti by vacuum line to a dumpster fill with shredding from other desks.

I have a light duty shredder bought when my old one died. I kept the shred mechanism from my old one and found it works well powered by a 1/2" drill, several times the speed of the new one but still a lot of feeding.

 

[Gaoler]

Unless you're dealing with current, sensitive data...
Cardboard boxes and into the paper/cardboard recycling bin at your local dump or transfer station.
We recently went through this with my in-laws stuff.
There was a couple bankers boxes of more recent docs that I took to work and put into the shredder bin, but the rest....
No one cares about or can do anything with a CIBC bank statement from 1952 that belonged to someone who's been dead for a while already.

 

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Unless you're dealing with current, sensitive data...
Cardboard boxes and into the paper/cardboard recycling bin at your local dump or transfer station.
We recently went through this with my in-laws stuff.
There was a couple bankers boxes of more recent docs that I took to work and put into the shredder bin, but the rest....
No one cares about or can do anything with a CIBC bank statement from 1952 that belonged to someone who's been dead for a while already.

Agreed. My post retirement purge 10 years ago involved two 200 liter bins of stuff including my parent's files dated, oddly enough............, back to 1952 (how did you know?? ), and I took these to the local recycling station and dumped them into a 40 yard bin.

 

[Gaoler]

my parent's files dated, oddly enough............, back to 1952 (how did you know?? ), and I took these to the local recycling station and dumped them into a 40 yard bin.

I just pulled that date outta my arse.. Hell, we had docs dated back into the 1940's...
'Some were pretty cool and are kept, like an Ontario drivers license from 1946, letters home from the war in Europe...

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