Confidential Waste Disposal

As a business owner, it’s your legal responsibility to protect personal information belonging to your employees, clients and customers.

Getting rid of private business documents that you no longer need – such as tax records, VAT documents and employment documents – is part of this.

There are penalties in place for those found in breach of privacy regulations set out by the government, and you could be fined as much as 4% of your business's annual turnover – so you can’t afford to overlook the importance of doing so.

Aside from helping you stick to GDPR regulations, our confidential waste disposal service can have many other benefits for your business, including:

• It helps lower your business’s carbon footprint.

• It frees up much-needed space around the office.

• It ensures that data doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

We often get asked what can and cannot go inside our sacks ready for disposal.

Most things – within reason – can go inside, and you don’t have to worry about removing any staples, metal clips or plastic sleeves, as these can all go through our industrial shredder. Even full lever arch and box files can be put inside, but they will take up more space, and could be reused.

You can also pack any old hard drives, tapes, computer discs into our sacks, as well as any old hard drives and laptops – but these must be sent in separately as additional items. These items also need to be kept separate from papers and other files, as they go through different shredders.

If you are planning on disposing of any old laptops or work phones, you must remove the batteries beforehand, as they can cause fires in the shredder.

If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to request a FREE, no-obligation quote for our confidential waste disposal services at Doxbond, don’t hesitate to contact our experts.

Once you’ve received your sacks and security ties, it’s time to get to work on filling them.

There’s no set way of doing this, you just need to remember to keep papers separate from any electronics.

We also recommend removing any papers from lever arch or box files, as they are much more difficult to shred and take up lots of room inside your sack – but this isn’t essential, as our state-of-the-art industrial shredders should be able to take care of them with no problem. If you come across an item you’re not sure can go in your sack, be sure to give our specialists a call on 01223 694 379.

We’re always available and more than happy to provide expert help and advice.

In recent years, there’s been more focus than ever on the importance of recycling, so we understand your concerns over what happens to your items once we’ve collected and destroyed them.

Here at Doxbond, we aim to recycle at least 99% of paper, and we dispose of all other items in the most environmentally friendly way possible.

In addition to this, the sacks we supply are made from polypropylene, which can be recycled along with the materials inside, or sent to a specialist facility where they can be turned into energy to generate heat and power.

We also only work with companies that share our values and beliefs, and who are committed to becoming carbon neutral.