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Doing the right thing can be hard and it’s easier to cut corners to find the path of least resistance when it comes to difficult and time-consuming tasks. For businesses all over the country, disposing of tons of paperwork can be a lengthy process without the dedicated help of an outside company. When it comes to protecting your businesses’ and your client’s private information, it is important to know that it is now easier than ever to do the right thing.

You not only have a moral obligation to protect private information, you have a legal obligation as well. Private information is an encompassing term that pertains to a number of physical items that can be found in any given office or company building. Documents are created and used in every department that cannot be made public, and when these documents are no longer needed they must be disposed of. There is virtually no limit to the type of information that cannot be made public, or even worse, fall into the ‘wrong’ hands. Information about employees, company policies, account budgets, product specifications and private meetings are examples of documents that must be properly disposed of when the time comes.

Proper disposal means two things. Firstly it is important that such documents are effectively destroyed so that the contained information cannot be decoded. Secondly it is important that this waste is disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner. Therefore doing the ‘right thing’ in terms of document destruction can easily be achieved with the help of a professional document destruction company. Certificates of destruction are issued once the work is done, and furthermore a "Guarantee of Recycling" is also provided to ensure that waste has been dealt with in an environmentally friendly manner.

It is also important to note that recycling and destruction of information is not only limited to paper documents. Huge volumes of information are also stored in digital formats and such electronic storage devices must be dealt with in the same way. They must be destroyed so that they cannot be decoded and then properly disposed off in an environmentally responsible manner. It is in your best interest to find a single company with the capabilities to handle all of your sensitive information destruction needs. Working with a reliable company is of the upmost importance as it allows you to rest assured knowing when you contact the right company, doing the right thing for both you and the environment is easier than ever before.