OFF-SITE SHREDDING

Secure, cost-effective and transparent

For organizations who require ongoing, verified destruction of sensitive materials, Iron Mountain offers secure, offsite shredding services. Strict best practices ensure a closed and consistent chain-of-custody, resulting in a tightly controlled, documented process that limits security breaches.

Iron Mountain Offsite Shredding offers:

• Complete destruction of paper, plastics and other media
• Trained, insured personnel and highly secure facilities and processes
• Documented chain-of-custody for accountability
• Secure, environmentally friendly disposition of shredded materials
• Short-term holding service option to facilitate last-minute recovery
• Witnessed destruction, as required

A secure process, from end to end

With Offsite Shredding, Iron Mountain places secure containers in appropriate locations on your premises. At regularly scheduled intervals, our uniformed specialists transfer the containers to secure vehicles. Materials are delivered to one of our shredding centers, which feature strict ID badge/security procedures, perimeter monitoring, secure exterior fencing, and closed-circuit TV surveillance.

After materials are shredded beyond practicable reconstruction, paper is sent to pulping mills for recycling; plastics are delivered to a recycling facility or incinerated on premises. At the conclusion of every shredding engagement, a certificate of destruction is provided, ensuring a documented end to the chain-of-custody established by Iron Mountain.

Witnesses welcome

As required, representatives from your organization are allowed to witness Iron Mountain destruction activities first-hand. This may be desirable in the destruction of copyrighted, royalty-based, or highly sensitive materials - and is often legally required in the destruction of counterfeit or unlicensed materials.

Short-term holding – just in case

With the short-term holding option, Iron Mountain can store specified materials at one of our facilities for a defined period of time before they are destroyed. For companies with large volumes of important documents - such as live financial instruments, checks, and payment stubs - this service adds a recovery option.