Most businesses today recycle their paper documents as part of their commitment to sustainable practices. But if you’re not recycling paper securely, your good intentions could lead to a security breach. By partnering with Shred-it for secure document destruction, we can make sure that every piece of paper you discard stays safe — from the time it leaves your hands to the moment it’s shredded and then recycled.

1. Tips to Make Your Business
Greener and More Secure
Most businesses today recycle their paper documents
as part of their commitment to sustainable practices.
But if you’re not recycling paper securely, your good
intentions could lead to a security breach.
By partnering with Shred-it for secure document
destruction, we can make sure that every piece of
paper you discard stays safe — from the time it
leaves your hands to the moment it’s shredded
and then recycled.
3 Simple Ways to Be
Go green!
More Green at Work
Every ton of recycled paper can save:
These tips can save the earth and save your
company money too:
• 17 trees, which will absorb 250 lbs.
of carbon dioxide each year
1. Watt’s up: You would never leave home with all
the lights on, computers and printers running, so
why is it OK to do this at the office? Using a power • 380 gallons of oil
strip for devices like computers, lights and printers
•
makes it easy to shut down an entire desktop
at once. 4,000 kilowatts of energy
2. Light for less: Artificial lighting accounts for 44% • 3 cubic yards of landfill space
of the electrical use in office buildings. As your
•
current light bulbs burn out, replace them with
Energy Star-rated light bulbs and fixtures, which 7,000 gallons of water
use at least 2/3 less energy than regular lighting. 1
3. Smarter heating: Create an after hours and Per ton, that equals a 65% energy savings,
weekend thermostat setting. If you know your 58% in water savings and 60 lbs. less air pollution.2
employees aren’t going to be in the office, use a
lower setting that conserves more energy during
these hours. Be sure to allow an override function
so that it can be changed if someone decides to
come in to work.
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2. Tips to Make Your Business
Greener and More Secure
3 More Ways to Be Greener.
Save yourself some money when you practice these
eco-friendly tips:
Shred-it’s commitment goes beyond
secure document destruction.
A greener fleet. Our trucks are designed
for lower emissions and fuel consumption.
All motors meet or exceed North American
emissions standards.
An eye on the future. We’re developing smaller,
more fuel-efficient trucks and auto-shutdown
1. Be a creative commuter: If you live within 5 miles technology to further reduce emissions. Friendlier
of your office, you may be able to ride your bike to fuels. They’re reclaimable, recyclable, non-toxic,
work. For those with a longer commute, investigate non-carcinogenic, low-odor, free of heavy metals
sources of public transportation or carpool with a and 20-60% biodegradable within 28 days.
co-worker/neighbor.
Reused wood. We walk the talk! Even the secure
consoles that hold your paper prior to shredding
2. Use recyclable shopping bags: If every household are built with 100% recycled wood particleboard.
in the U.S. reused a paper grocery bag for one shopping
trip, about 60,000 trees would be saved.3 Being green (and secure) is good for business.
Make secure document destruction with
3. Recycle your e-waste: Stop your old mobile phone Shred-it part of your company’s sustainability
or printer cartridges going to landfill by contacting program today!
Oxfam, ActionAid or Rainforest Concern, which will
recycle and re-sell them. Remember that computer
hard drives and other data-sensitive eMedia need to
be securely destroyed before recycling. For more
information, visit http://www.shredit.com/Shredding-
Service/What-to-shred/Hard-drive-destruction.aspx Sources:
1 10 Ways to Go Green at Work,
http://sierraclub.typepad.com/greenlife/2007/03/10_ways_to_go_g.html
2 http://recycling-revolution.com/recycling-facts.html
3 S.C. Office of Solid Waste Reduction, 1996, # www.techsoup.org
800 69-Shred | 800.697.4733 NAID-CERTIFIED INDUSTRY EXPERTS
All Shred-it locations in North America have received
or visit us at shredit.com
NAID Certification for mobile document destruction.