destruction

Every document has a lifecycle, from creation to storage to eventual destruction. Destruction of business information is usually mandated by an industry regulation or local law. With the inflow of regulatory requirements in the last few years, staying informed of new regulations and developing a retention and destruction schedule is vital in maintaining accurate archives. The Document Warehouse offers a secure destruction service on the premises thus reducing the need for a sub-contractor or third party handling the customers’ secure data.

Destruction methods:

• Shredding is carried out on The Document Warehouse premises
• Confidential documents are never transported to another site for destruction
• The Secure Document Destruction Department shred virtually anything containing confidential information, including paper, documents, files, videos and hard drives
• No need to remove folders, staples, paper clip or plastic sleeves
• A certificate of destruction is issued
• All material is sent to UK mills for recycling
• Destruction lists are available upon request
• Each storage box is given a destruction date according to legal stipulations alternatively, or to our customers’ own internal requirements