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Document Shredding Service

Where and When

Document shredding service is offered at the Pleasantview Road Drop-off Center.

You can drop-off documents for shredding anytime the Pleasantview Road Drop-off Center is open: 8-4 weekdays and 8-3 Saturdays. You will see that your documents are locked up in a fenced area of our processing facility. This document storage cage is also under surveillance to ensure your documents are secure until they are shredded.

Due to ongoing labor shortages, anytime drop-off for shredding documents has been suspended from Memorial Day through Labor Day.  If you are in need of document shredding, appointments will be held weekly, on Wednesdays from 8-10 am. You must schedule an appointment to witness your documents being shredded. Appointments can be made online, by clicking the green box below. Or you can call the office at 231-348-0640 to schedule an appointment.

Fees

$6 per copy-paper/small bankers box or equivalent, for example:

    • Two brown paper grocery bags $6
    • Large bankers box $9
Photo of a smaller bankers box with documents to be shredded.

A small bankers box, the unit of measure used to determine fees for shredding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Witnessed Shredding

If you need to witness the destruction of your documents, make an appointment by clicking the green box below.

Click here for appointment to witness shredding

 

Preparation

Please bring your documents in one of the following:

  • Boxes no larger than copy-paper cases.
  • Brown paper grocery bags
  • Plastic grocery bags

Please DO NOT bring documents in larger bags, i.e. not tall kitchen bags, not garbage bags, not contractors bags. They are ergonomically dangerous for our staff.

Please remove:

    • binders and spiral-bound booklets/pads
    • binder
    • hanging folders
    • glue or staple-bound booklets/pads larger than a checkbook
    • fastener folders
    • intensely colored papers and/or file folders

Sorting charges may be added to boxes that are not properly prepared.

There is no need to remove:

  • paper clips
  • staples
  • pastel colored papers
  • manila file folders
  • light cardboard

 

How does this shredding thing work?  Check out this video Harbor-Brenn Insurance Agencies made when they sponsored shredding for Earth Day 2016.

Call 231-348-0640 to schedule your appointment or obtain more information.