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About Shred-it

Shred-it specialises in providing a tailored document shredding service that allows businesses to comply with legislation and ensure that the client, employee and confidential business information is kept secure at all times. Through our strict chain-of-custody processes, reliable on-time service and a global network of local service centers, Shred-it provides the most secure and efficient confidential information destruction service in the industry.

Over 140 branches
throughout the UK and around the world
Find your local Shred-it

What our customers are saying:

  • We have been using Shred-it for a couple of years now and I have found their service to be nothing short of excellent. I have no hesitation in recommending them.

  • Shred-it provides this company with a fuss-free and cost-effective way to dispose of our sensitive material.

  • I’m so glad we use Shred-it to dispose of our confidential waste because it means there is one less thing for me to worry about.

  • I would highly recommend Shred-it as a confidential waste shredding service.

  • I have been happy with the service provided by Shred-it from account creation up to the present time. I would definitely recommend Shred-it to colleagues.

  • My dealings with Shred-it have been to the highest standards of professionalism and customer service, and consequently our document destruction arrangements were one less thing for me to worry about!

  • As a property services company with a portfolio of over 1200 properties in Edinburgh, we value efficiency and security of document destruction and Shred-it has proved an industry leader in these regards.

  • I would like to let you know how delighted I am with the service of your company.

  • Having now used Shred-it for over 4 years I have to say I have never been disappointed with the service.

  • I am particularly pleased with the way you respond to urgent requests i.e. intermediate shredding over and above our normal timings .

  • As they provide us with secure destruction certificates we don't have any concerns about confidentiality. To top it all off we feel like we're contributing to helping the environment by saving a good number of trees!

  • It is very rare for a company to provide such excellent value for money and superb customer service.

  • You accurately specified the number of bins and the frequency of shred we would need, and have kept in very good touch to ensure we have consistently had the level of service we need.

  • Shred-it has continually provided close support in my shredding needs. Their green philosophy follows the banks’ green credentials and environmental sustainability.

  • On behalf of all the staff here in Edinburgh I would like to thank you and Shred-it for helping us to save trees, keep our destroyed documents secure and keep our destruction costs down.

  • I have found Shred It personnel to be professional and helpful and nothing is too much trouble.

  • Collection people are always friendly and we would have no hesitation in recommending Shred-it to any business.

  • I look forward to working with you for a good many years to come.

  • Shred-it provide an excellent service, it is seamless and the collection of confidential waste does not interfere with our day to day operations.

  • The Shred-it process enables Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing to provide assurance to our customers and stakeholders that we take the security of their information seriously.

  • Shred-it provides excellent customer service and a flexible professional service

  • We have been using Shred-it for about 18 months now and have been more than happy with the service that we have received from both our account manager and the Shred-it drivers.

  • Thanks to their monster sized shredders we no longer have to spend unhappy hours sitting in front of our small office shredding machines!

  • I put our certificates on the wall next to one of the consoles to encourage everyone to carry on the good work! Well done to all at Shred-it and keep up the good work!

  • The service provided is great and reliable I have never had any problems. The environmental certificates provided are helpful for staff motivation toward recycling and evidence for company audits.

  • We feel happy that we are meeting the requirements of The Data Protection Act and saving trees at the same time as well!

  • We are now able to confidently say that we have security over the confidential waste we dispose of, and can be proud to be recycling the consistent volumes we do with help of this environmentally friendly system.

  • I have been happy with the service provided by Shred-it from account creation up to the present time. I would definitely recommend Shred-it to colleagues.

  • I would highly recommend Shred-it as a confidential waste shredding service.

  • We started using Shred-it in 2010. We are very confident that our confidential shredding is dealt with in the safe and secure manner that is required.

  • I’m so glad we use Shred-it to dispose of our confidential waste because it means there is one less thing for me to worry about.

  • We have just received our certificate …and we have saved 54 trees. This is twice as much as the previous year.

  • We have found all aspects of Shred-it to be thoroughly professional, reliable and cheerful and we are totally satisfied with the service we receive from them.

  • Shred-it has continually provided close support in my shredding needs. Their green philosophy follows the banks’ green credentials and environmental sustainability.

  • Shred-it provide an excellent service, it is seamless and the collection of confidential waste does not interfere with our day to day operations.

  • Shred-it provides this company with a fuss-free and cost-effective way to dispose of our sensitive material.

  • The service provided is great and reliable I have never had any problems. The environmental certificates provided are helpful for staff motivation toward recycling and evidence for company audits.

  • We are now able to confidently say that we have security over the confidential waste we dispose of, and can be proud to be recycling the consistent volumes we do with help of this environmentally friendly system.

  • We feel happy that we are meeting the requirements of The Data Protection Act and saving trees at the same time as well!

  • We have been using Shred-it for a couple of years now and I have found their service to be nothing short of excellent. I have no hesitation in recommending them.

  • We started using Shred-it in 2010. We are very confident that our confidential shredding is dealt with in the safe and secure manner that is required.

 

ISO Certified

Shred-it Limited has been
assessed and certified as
meeting the requirements of
ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004
and EN15713