| Recycling companies do not perform background checks on their minimum-wage workers, nor do they bother to bond them. Your paper is then sorted in unsecured conditions. The sorted paper is stored for indefinite periods of time until there is enough of a particular grade to sell. The sorted paper, still intact, is then baled and sold to the highest bidder, often overseas, where it may be stored again for weeks or even months until it is finally used to make new products.
There is no fiduciary responsibility inherent in the recycling scenario. Paper is given away or sold and, by doing so, a company gives up the right to say how it is handled. There is no practical means of establishing the exact date that a record is destroyed. In the event of an audit or litigation, this could be a legal necessity. Further, if something of a private nature does surface, a company selection of this unsecured process could be interpreted as negligent. From a risk management perspective, the choice of recycling as a means of information destruction is undesirable. Any recycling company that minimizes the need for security has its own interests in mind and should be avoided.
If environmental responsibility is a concern for you, be assured that, whenever possible, Allshred
Services recycles your documents after they are destroyed. We ship bales of decimated paper to paper mills to be pulped and made into new paper products. |
