I have finally cleaned out my files for the last 7 years. Does anyone know a way to destroy the documents other than shredding. That would take forever. Theft identity has caused me to be more cautious. Is there a such place with an incinerator that I could take it to? Or, has anyone destroyed them at home?
If you decide not to take it to a reputable company who destroys personal docs...depending on how much you have, you might try soaking your docs in a bucket of strong bleach water. My husband did this with some of his on our last move and I think it did the trick. I believe he soaked for a few days, poured out the water and mashed up everything really good and then emptied into a couple big trash bags. I know the shredding takes forever.
If you've got a charcoal barbecue, you can burn them. I did this when I lived w/o a fireplace (if you have a fireplace, use it to burn them). I don't know how much you've got to destroy, but you can just keep it all in a box and destroy it a little at a time.
Don't send out to a company. I had a friend who worked for one, and they are not as secure as you would think.
Hello! I completely understand your reference of "drowning in stuff at home"! I have been working on/off on de-cluttering my home and I have had multiple bags of things that need to be destroyed. I found a place called Shred-It, which will do all the shredding for you, while you watch. It only takes a few minutes. They may have a few locations, but the one I went to is in Irving. I brought one LARGE lawn brown bag for them to destroy at the end of their work day. Their main focus is businesses with mass amounts of destruction needed. So, that's why you have to come at the end of the day if you're an individual with small loads compared to companies.
Anyway, it's been a while but I think they charge a minimum of $35 and mine was the minimum (even though I thought it was HUGE). It would have taken me months to shred on my own. So, it was worth it. I don't have their phone number handy, but you should be able to find them in the directory or on the internet.
Lastly, the way I first heard of them was they typically do two or three community shreds a year that are sponsered by big companies and/or the media. These large community shreds are FREE, but when I got there the line was hours long. So, it was so much more convenient for me to just do mine individually. But, if you want to wait for the community one, just keep checking with Ch. 5/NBC. They have sponsored for the past few years one that hit in the Fall/Winter. And, they usually have about 3 locations around the Metroplex. Last year there was a Shred location in Plano, Arlington and Reunion Arena. It last about 6 hours on a Saturday.
Well, I hope all this helps. If you can't find their number, please let me know and I'll located here...somewhere among my clutter. Take care. Many Blessings - L.
L. B. Shepherd
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Just be leery of using those document destroying companies. I had a friend who had her identiy stolen from one of them because they didn't destroy the information, just tossed it into a dumpster.
I don't know where you live but lots of folks out in the county (not country, but county) will burn their trash in the big metal trash cans -- my ex-inlaws always did burn their paper... otherwise, wait for winter and roll them up like logs, secure with string and put them in your fire place! Make sure you have a screen on top to prevent the little embers from flying away though and catching something on fire-- like your roof! (it can do it with paper or wood)...
