02.21.09

Comments on a recent article we stumbled across: The Clutter Diet Blog: The Rules About Paper

Anyone who has used a shredder more than once has experienced the frustration of the shredder jamming, beeping and taking up more time than necessary. In fact, the number one complaint about personal shredders is they jam too easily. Fellowes has come to our rescue by creating a new line of shredders that is 100% jam proof to rid us of the dreaded shredder issues, or so it seems.

On the Fellowes website there is a video demo of an office employee determined to jam the Fellowes 100% jam proof shredder. During that demo he shreds a paperclip without jamming the machine. You may also find under product details on websites that sell the shredders, paperclips can be run through the machine without a hiccup. That is a bit misleading. In the manual for the Fellowes shredders, under the section of, what the shredder cannot shred is large paperclips. As it turns out, this shredder is 100% jam proof as long as you do not shred anything that will jam the machine. Other items on that list include adhesive labels, transparencies, newspaper, cardboard, laminates, file folders, X-rays or plastic other than CDs, DVDs, and credit cards.

For those who have $400 to spend on their home office shredder, the Fellowes 100% jam proof shredder is a great option. But, if a company is looking for a more efficient and cost saving alternative to their current office shredders, hiring a certified mobile shredding service to do the work for them is a much better option.

Companies and residents in the greater Los Angeles or Orange County area, contact Go Green Mobile Shredding for a personalized quote. Not only will your company be better protected, but you will be giving back to the environment. Once the destruction of materials is properly completed, Go Green delivers the recyclable materials to a local recycling plant. Those outside the area contact National Association of Information Destruction (NAID) for another certified mobile shredding company in your area.

02.08.09

When asked the question, what types of documents should be shred, the most obvious documents come to mind. Examples of such documents are, anything with a social security number, banking information and medical files. Privacy is not limited to personal medical records and bank accounts.

Items that aren’t as obvious include, phone logs and messages, visitor logs, drafts of letters, mis-aligned forms and mis-printed copies. The act of discarding such documents prior to destruction conditionally violates several policies set in place for personal protection, including but not limited to HIPPA, Trade Secret Protections, Privacy Act and FACTA. .

Direct violations of the same policies include but are not limited to, brainstorming notes, customer names, drafts of contracts and proposals, obsolete contracts and records, supplier information and training information.

Failing to shred document prior to disposal puts you and your company at risk of sharing private information with identity thieves and competing businesses. For personal protection and to maintain company confidentiality and privacy, nearly all documents in the workplace and any document containing a persons name on it should be shred.

01.12.09

Today’s world offers few secure disposals for the vast amounts of personal communications which contain information that if given a close enough reading can lead someone to your identity.  These items of identity can then  be used to the detriment of one’s finances, one’s background, or one’s ideas, thoughts, or plans.   It is no longer clearly personal documents but also standard trash that can betray your personal choices.  Gone are the days when only a few people might be interested in knowing more about total strangers’ lives and businesses.   Today my junk mail may be as important a sign of who I am and what I am connected to as bank statements and bill payment notices.   The concept of on-site, secure, mobile shredding has been a reality for businesses for some time and can now be a great benefit to the residential sector  in protecting their identity.  On-site mobile shredding is needed for the individual homeowner as we can no longer trust that our trash doesn’t come back to cause us infinite problems caused by identify theft.

That being said, there are a couple of articles which we found interesting and full of Identity Theft information.  “Keep Information Safe With Paper Shredding Services” and “Financial Records:  Be Careful Where You Toss Them“, these are great articles discussing everything from personal shredding machines to using Professional Document Destruction Services.  Please check them out and let us know what you think.

01.08.09

Go Green Mobile Shredding is concerned with Identity Theft continuing to rise throughout the United States and Orange County.  We recently came across an article titled “The Value of Document Shredding“.  It discusses how important it is to protect yourself against Identity theft.  We couldn’t agree more with this article and wanted to share it with you.

11.25.08

Go Green Mobile Shredding is proud to be servicing Orange County areas. “We are very excited to be opening our doors to the Orange County Community. Our focus is providing the best customer service in the industry, focusing on saving the environment, increasing Identity Theft Education and did I mention the Environment. Customer service in this industry has seemed to have been put on the back burner and we want to bring it back”, stated Darrin Gardner, President of Go Green Mobile Shredding.

We have been able to pick up many accounts as National and Local competitors drop the ball on service. A majority of the complaints we receive from our new customers are, “XYZ Company was supposed to be here two weeks ago and our bins are over flowing” or “I called our current shredding company and they said they were too busy and they could pick up my paper in 2 weeks.” Its customer service mistakes like this that will make our job so much easier. Our goal is to service every account called in (whether on our service or a purge job) within 24 hours of the call.

Due to the increasing numbers of Identity theft, companies like Go Green Mobile Shredding are becoming more important than ever. Companies and individuals need to protect themselves from Identify theft. Using an onsite secure document destruction company can be your first step to saving the environment and having peace of mind. Our mobile shredding trucks have internal cameras so our clients can actually see their documents being destroyed. We also provide our clients with an Official Document of Destruction upon completion of the service.

As one of the newest shredding services available in Orange County, Go Green Mobile Shredding will be happy to take your call and assist you with your shredding needs.