We specialise in mobile document shredding. This means we come to you with our mobile shredding vehicles and shred your confidential documents ON SITE.
Individuals and businesses have a range of options to choose from when disposing of their confidential documents. Many people still dispose of their confidential documents through general waste or recycling bins. This comes with a great deal of risk and if any confidential information was to end up on the wrong hands you can incur fines of up to $1.7million for a breach of the Privacy Act 2012.
Other options are to have your confidential documents stored in a locked cupboard or storage unit before being shredded. Many people still shred their confidential documents themselves but this comes with its challenges and limitations.
Hiring a professional mobile document destruction company like us for your shredding needs, is rapidly becoming a compulsory service for all businesses and even individuals. One option is to have your documents taken off-site to be sorted by teams of people into different grades before being shredded.
The newest and most secure method of secure document destruction is to have your documents shredded in a mobile document shredding truck on site, at your premises where not a single document leaves your business or home in a readable form. We supply you with convenient, secure shredding bins or shredding consoles into which you place your documents ready for collection. This means total security and peace of mind.
We have the latest in mobile document shredding vehicles from North America where there is a whole industry called ‘mobile document destruction’. In fact, having your confidential documents shredded on site is best practice in many countries like the USA, Canada, the UK and Europe. In fact having your confidential documents shredded on site is best practice in many countries like the USA, Canada, the UK and Europe. In a city like Toronto, which has a similar size population to Melbourne, there would be 100+ mobile document shredding vehicles driving around servicing clients. We are Victoria’s largest and longest running company specialising in mobile document destruction.
Take the next step in your confidential document security by calling Shred On Site on 1300 55 88 76 for jobs in Greater Melbourne Metropolitan, Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula or the Mornington Peninsula areas.
Outlined below are the differences between each of these service options.
| General Waste Bins | Recycling Bins | In-House Shredding | Off-Site Shredding | On-Site Shredding | |
| Is storage bin locked? | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Regular Destruction service? | Yes | Yes | No | Optional | Yes |
| Time between leaving office and destruction? | N/A | N/A | None | ? | 2 to 5 minutes. Time it takes to take bin to truck. |
| Does anyone have access to readable documents before destruction? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Do employees need to spend time removing staples, paper clips, paper fasteners, bulldog clips etc. before destruction? | No | No | Yes and limit the number of pages per shred. | Often Yes or sometimes additional fees are charged. | No – everything goes into the shredder. |
| Time taken to prepare documents for destruction? | None – just put documents in bin. | None – just put documents in bin. | See above, could be hours plus time to do shredding. | See above, could be hours. | None – just put documents in bin. |
| Are your confidential documents sorted to increase the resale value of the recycled paper? | No | Yes, sometimes. | No | Yes | No |
| How often is document storage area of truck opened during the day? | None | None | N/A | If rubbish truck/ compactor – nil , if van twice every pick up | Never – rear only opened when truck is full (4 tonnes) and paper is at recycling plant. |
| Can you witness the destruction process each time? | No | No | Yes | No | Yes on the truck’s CCTV cameras |
| Do you receive a Certificate of Destruction for your records? | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Costs | Cheapest | Minimal | Office standard machine $500-$5,000. Employee time. Disposal of shredded paper. | A bit more than most recycling services. Employee preparation time. | Equivalent to most off-site shredding services. |
| Level of Security? | Low | Low | Medium – depends who has access | Medium to High | Total Security |
| Who feeds documents into shredder for destruction? | N/A | ? | Should be snr manager but often junior employee | ? | Customer Service Operator (Federal Police check) |
| Can your confidential documents be stockpiled to be destroyed at a later date? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No – destroyed immediately. |
Why Choose Shred On Site?
We are a mobile document shredding & destruction company that specialises in shredding confidential documents on-site for total security and peace of mind. All shredded paper is 100% recycled. We provide one-off and regular services.
- Shred at your Premises
- Total Security and Peace of Mind
- Privacy Law Compliant
- 100% Recycled
- Cost Effective
