Look aroudn and you will find services for everything. I have heard of laundry services, house cleaning services, dog walking services, courier services, catering services, dating services, even financial services. Just the other day I cam across a type of service I have not realized – secure document shredding. Of course, after thinking about it, this service makes a lot of sense. When I first heard about this, I have to admit, I only thought of this as a service that individuals would use. My first emotion was shock at the fact that there really was someone out there too lazy to stick their junk mail and private papers in a shredder beside their desk. Then I realized that this is really for a corporation or business with a lot of sensitive information that needs to be destroyed.
One such company is a pharmaceutical company that I visited. As I wandered around I noticed these bins that were all over the building. The employees would drop in various papers throughout the day. These bins were locked and the only key to unlock one of these bins belonged to the company that did the shredding.. This company would show up once a week or every couple days. They would remove the bags of papers from the bins and put in an empty bag. These bags are securely delivered to a different location and then destroyed.
When I really think about it, it is very clear to me that a paper shredding service is logical and even necessary. For some reason I find it difficult to believe that this method is as secure as just destroying the documents on site. Hopefully for the company that creates controlled drugs, this method remains secure.