To shred, or not to shred. If you have recently purged your filing cabinet, are preparing for year-end records you will need to file, or just have lots of paper piled up, you may have more shredding than you can handle. In that case, take it all to No Trace Shredding, located in Richmond.
Gather all of your shred items – they don’t have to be neat – in boxes, bags or stacks. When you arrive, they will bring a cart out to your car to bring it all into the warehouse. One of the staff members will take a look at the quantity, give you a price and write up your order. As of this writing, they charge $5 per banker’s box. You will see examples of the different shredding materials sitting in jars on the shelf, so you know what you’re paying for.
Just inside the door, you will see a gigantic shredder, which is about the size of a living room, dining room and kitchen put together. It’s surrounded by a fence, so you can see what they’re doing, but you cannot get close. The paper is put into the machine; any cardboard boxes are put back into the cart. This allows you to check to be sure all of them were emptied, if you wish. There is a large flat-screen TV that provides a direct view of the shredding process. If you want to be able to recognize your shredding job, just add a couple of brightly colored pieces of paper. The cardboard is then taken to another part of the warehouse to be handled separately. You might be happy to learn that they do not ship the job overseas.
No Trace is a family owned and operated company, offering secure shredding services. In addition to paper, they will also pulverize your IT material (hard drives, CDs and tapes), x-rays, films, textiles, etc. Ask about their pick-up services. They are located on 3950 Bissell Avenue, in Richmond.
For more information, call (925) 957-6755 or visit www.notraceshred.com.
