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Records and information management

Secure Shredding Services

Destroy your paper-based records at your commercial location in a safe and compliant way

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What are secure shredding services?

Secure shredding services provide a controlled and compliant way to destroy confidential documents and sensitive information that is no longer needed.

Protect your organisation's sensitive data

With our secure shredding services, your records are safely collected, transported, and destroyed to help you maintain strict regulatory compliance and reduce the risk of security breaches.

Don’t let your documents and assets become a liability: shred them

Iron Mountain secure and confidential shredding services helps protect the privacy of your information by destroying paper records and documents, plastics, and media in a cost-efficient, safe, and compliant way.

Our core destruction services are centred around shredding confidential documents and paper records.

We also offer a wide range of services for businesses, including:

  • branded clothes and accessories
  • digital media, more

Features and benefits of shredding

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Protecting confidential information

Our default double-shredding method, also known as cross-cutting, is a method of paper shredding significantly more secure than the traditional strip-cut method of destruction.

Protecting confidential information

Using an external provider to destroy your important documents means it is impossible for criminals, fraudsters, or even commercial rivals to access your confidential information regarding your business, your clients, or yourself.

For unbeatable security, we also offer a high-security shredding service, which is used to reduce highly sensitive records or products to fine-grained dust. This is often a requirement for financial institutions or government organisations.

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Safeguarding the environment

Shredding paper records is an eco-friendly method of disposal.

Safeguarding the environment

All of the paper our services shred on your behalf is recycled in UK recycling mills, and many other materials can be recycled too.

Why shred?

For decades, businesses have been using shredding machines to ensure the safe disposal of confidential documents and paper records. However, standard office shredders are not entirely secure, they can be very expensive to maintain, and can be highly time-consuming to use. The good news is that cost-effective, outsourced shredding services are available. Here is why outsourcing shredding makes sense.

What we can offer

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Recurring shred services

Recurring shredding is available for organisations that need ongoing destruction of sensitive paper documents. Iron Mountain offers verified offsite shredding, or an onsite option for customers that require the immediate or witnessed destruction of materials on premises.
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Special purge or bulk shredding projects

For periodic or one-time shredding, Iron Mountain offers a range of special project destruction services that can be customised to meet your organisation’s unique needs.
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IT asset recycling and disposition

Does your destruction programme cover data-bearing e-waste—including computer hard drives and other materials? Learn how Iron Mountain can destroy, recycle, or remarket your IT assets.

We make it easy to get started.

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Why Iron Mountain?

We have the experience and expertise to streamline your organisation while keeping your enterprise and customer data safe and secure. We are especially proud to partner with hospitality groups.Together, we elevate the power of your work.


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