I am asked regularly by clients: Is recycling my material safe? What exactly happens to that information?

Our recycling process is pretty simple.  Through our various recycling programs, we receive a mix of office papers, shredded paper waste, old newspapers/magazines and rolls of old plans.  Then we evaluate the condition of full size plan sets and try and reclaim what paper we can — which is then re-manufactured into spiral bound notebooks.

We take great pains to ensure these notebooks contain only anonymous information and cannot be identified. First, we remove the title and index pages as well as any other obvious content identifiers. The plans are then trimmed on all four sides, shuffled with other plan sets, cut down and shuffled again.

After we reclaim what paper we can, we store the remaining material to be recycled in temporary storage containers provided by our recycling partners. Once the containers are full, they take the materials back to their facilities, bail the material and ship it to recycling plants.

When it comes down to it, recycling any sensitive documents is only as safe as the precautions you take. Before throwing everything in a bin and sending it off to get recycled, take the time to evaluate exactly what you’re disposing.

RFP submittals? Shred them. Financial statements? Shred them too. Confidential or for your eyes-only? Shred away.

Shredding your confidential documents before putting them in recycle bin will help you be confident your documents are safe.

So, whether it’s thousands of tiny shredded strips or full-size sheets of paper and old plans, we can recycle it all. But deciding what needs to be shredded first is up to you.

For more information about our recycling plans, visit this page or contact Shannon Hines directly at 441-4452 or Shines@honblue.com and she can walk you through our available services and answer questions.