Shredding Documents - Alternatives?

Years ago, I bought a crosscut shredder and nearly all of my documents, sensitive or not, go through there. That's one of the ways we did it in the military because including the non-sensitive documents serves to weaken the value of the shredded waste.

Having said that, banks near me tend to offer a shredding event at least yearly, not limited to their account holders. Perhaps there's a bank or other financial institution near you that does the same. Call around.

Know a farmer with a hammer-mill?? - or a good wood stove?

Seem like one a year or so TV stations do a publicity thing for that and do it free. Just saw one a few weeks ago.

Staples had coupons for 5 pounds free and $1/lb after. Try Googling, I found a couple of free places near me. Not to mention i have a shredder and keep up so never had a mass to do.

A burn barrel? One of the banks has a free shredding day once or twice a year with a mobile shredder in the parking lot. Anything like that in your area?

Burn barrel or fireplace?

Soak them in a trash can full of bleach and water for a week or so and stir them into paste?

I have a fire pit outside so it is easy for me. When we are having a fire, I just feed them into an established fire 50 pages or so at a time. They go right up.

It is easier if you just shred them as you go tho. I really only have this problem when I am cleaning out old records and end up with 1000 pages or so.

$59.88

I just ordered a similar one at the same price yesterday from Walmart for my wife who is always shredding things in an old shredder which is failing.

I actually have two shredders- both left over from when I ran my business from a home office.

One is an old but fairly heavy duty 3/16" strip shredder which I use for big jobs and medium security stuff (old business records, etc.) and a slower but higher security cross-cut that I use for bank and investment stuff.

When I was working I had to clear out an entire 4-drawer file cabinet of ancient records, sending them for 'secure disposal'. The next week (or month) I was asked for a specific document, the last copy of which I had just sent for destruction.

S*it like that leaves a lasting impression.

Laughable quantities. I've wondered about calling the mobile shredding companies and asking when a truck is going to be servicing a local business and then just adding in my bale of stuff, possibly at the same rate the business pays. I've wondered about this for a long time. Now I have two bales.

My wife will probably still use the other one and have two. The first one still works but sounds anemic.

That looks like a nice crosscut model at a decent price.

I especially liked one of the questions that was asked, down below the reviews:

"Is this shredder wireless or does it need to be plugged into a wall outlet?"

Hmmm, a wireless shredder? How would that work? LOL

Ask and you shall receive.

A jimmy 371?? or an old continental red seal? -o - or a flat belt or PTO to the old 44 Massey - or on a smaller scale a VG4D Wisconsin??

"or does it need to be plugged into a wall outlet" had me thinking along a different line.

OK, so maybe WiFi wasn't what they had in mind. I stand corrected.