Tips to Make Your Business Greener and More Secure

Most businesses today recycle their paper documents as part of their commitment to sustainable practices. But if you’re not recycling paper securely, your good intentions could lead to a security breach.

By partnering with Shred-it for secure document destruction, we can make sure that every piece of paper you discard stays safe — from the time it leaves your hands to the moment it’s shredded and then recycled.

3 Simple Ways to Be More Green at Work These tips can save the earth and save your company money too:

1. Watt’s up: You would never leave home with all the lights on, computers and printers running, so

why is it OK to do this at the office? Using a power strip for devices like computers, lights and printers makes it easy to shut down an entire desktop at once.

2. Light for less: Artificial lighting accounts for 44% of the electrical use in office buildings. As your

current light bulbs burn out, replace them with Energy Star-rated light bulbs and fixtures, which use at least 2/3 less energy than regular lighting.1

3. Smarter heating: Create an after hours and weekend thermostat setting. If you know your

employees aren’t going to be in the office, use a lower setting that conserves more energy during these hours. Be sure to allow an override function so that it can be changed if someone decides to come in to work.

Go green! Every ton of recycled paper can save:

• 17 trees, which will absorb 250 lbs. of carbon dioxide each year

• 380 gallons of oil

• 4,000 kilowatts of energy

• 3 cubic yards of landfill space

• 7,000 gallons of water

Per ton, that equals a 65% energy savings, 58% in water savings and 60 lbs. less air pollution.2

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Tips to Make Your Business Greener and More Secure

3 More Ways to Be Greener. Save yourself some money when you practice these eco-friendly tips:

Shred-it’s commitment goes beyond secure document destruction.

A greener fleet. Our trucks are designed for lower emissions and fuel consumption. All motors meet or exceed North American emissions standards.

An eye on the future. We’re developing smaller, more fuel-efficient trucks and auto-shutdown

1. Be a creative commuter: If you live within 5 miles of your office, you may be able to ride your bike to

work. For those with a longer commute, investigate sources of public transportation or carpool with a co-worker/neighbor.

2. Use recyclable shopping bags: If every household in the U.S. reused a paper grocery bag for one shopping

trip, about 60,000 trees would be saved.3

3. Recycle your e-waste: Stop your old mobile phone or printer cartridges going to landfill by contacting

Oxfam, ActionAid or Rainforest Concern, which will recycle and re-sell them. Remember that computer hard drives and other data-sensitive eMedia need to be securely destroyed before recycling. For more information, visit http://www.shredit.com/Shredding-Service/What-to-shred/Hard-drive-destruction.aspx

technology to further reduce emissions. Friendlier fuels. They’re reclaimable, recyclable, non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, low-odor, free of heavy metals and 20-60% biodegradable within 28 days.

Reused wood. We walk the talk! Even the secure consoles that hold your paper prior to shredding are built with 100% recycled wood particleboard.

Being green (and secure) is good for business. Make secure document destruction with Shred-it part of your company’s sustainability program today!

Sources: 1 10 Ways to Go Green at Work,

http://sierraclub.typepad.com/greenlife/

2007/03/10_ways_to_go_g.html

2http://recycling-revolution.com/recycling-facts.html 3 S.C. Office of Solid Waste Reduction, 1996, # www.techsoup.org

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NAID-CERTIFIED INDUSTRY EXPERTS All Shred-it locations in North America have received NAID Certification for mobile document destruction.