Off-Site and On-Site Shredding
Recycle Technologies provides secure shredding for businesses handling confidential paperwork, with an off-site option that transports documents to a shredding facility and an on-site option that shreds documents at your location.
What Is Off-Site and On-Site Shredding?
Shredding is the process by which a business destroys confidential paper records so they can’t be reconstructed or read after disposal. Recycle Technologies offers two options, and the right one depends on how much paper you have and how you want it handled.
With off-site shredding, a team collects your documents in secure vehicles and transports them to a shredding facility in Minnesota or Wisconsin, where they’re destroyed. This is typically the more cost-effective option for large volumes of paper, since Recycle Technologies notes that off-site shredding can save businesses up to 40% compared to on-site service.
On-site shredding, by contrast, brings the destruction to you. A shredding truck arrives at your location and destroys the documents there without transporting them anywhere first. This appeals to businesses that want to witness destruction happen on their own premises rather than sending paperwork offsite.
Both options are built around the same goal: making sure confidential paper doesn’t leave your control unshredded. Once destroyed, the shredded material is recycled rather than sent to a landfill.
What We Accept
Recycle Technologies accepts the following materials for shredding:
Confidential DocumentsBusiness records, files, and paperwork containing sensitive or private information.Office PaperGeneral office paperwork accumulated through day-to-day operations.Large-Volume Paper CleanoutsOne-time purges for clearing out storage rooms, file cabinets, or archived records, in addition to ongoing shredding service for businesses generating paper regularly.If you’re disposing of hard drives, phones, or other electronic devices alongside paper records, those fall under hard drive destruction or phone shredding rather than this service.
How Does Shredding Work?
Both off-site and on-site shredding start the same way, with a quote and a scheduled service, before splitting into two different destruction paths depending on which option you choose.
- Request a Quote: Contact Recycle Technologies to describe your paper volume and shredding needs.
- Schedule Your Service: Choose off-site or on-site shredding and set a pickup or service date.
- Collection or On-Location Shredding: For off-site service, a team collects your documents in secure vehicles. For on-site service, a shredding truck arrives at your location to destroy the documents there directly.
- Transport and Destruction (Off-Site Only): Collected documents are transported to Recycle Technologies’ shredding facility in Minnesota or Wisconsin for destruction.
- Recycling: Shredded material is recycled rather than sent to a landfill.
- Certificate of Destruction: Once your documents are shredded, Recycle Technologies provides a Certificate of Destruction for your records.
Recycle Technologies has provided recycling services to the Midwest since 1993, operating licensed facilities in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Certifications & Standards
Recycle Technologies follows recognized environmental standards and holds leading industry certifications, ensuring e-waste is handled responsibly from collection through final processing.
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Recycling helps conserve resources, reduce pollution and support economic sustainability.
- On-site shredding destroys documents at your location; off-site shredding transports them to a facility for destruction and typically costs less.
- Yes. Recycle Technologies offers one-time purges for large cleanouts as well as ongoing shredding service.
- Yes. A Certificate of Destruction is provided once shredding is complete.
- Shredded material is recycled rather than sent to a landfill.
- Off-site and on-site shredding are available in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Ready to Shred Securely?
If your business has confidential documents to destroy, get a quote or schedule a pickup to choose the shredding option that fits your needs. Pickup service is exclusively available to commercial clients.