Document shredding that proves it was done.

Q: Who decides when stored documents are shredded?

You do. Nothing is destroyed until you have confirmed the list, and that confirmed list is the only thing we work from.

Q: Do I get proof that my documents were shredded?

Yes. A certificate of destruction is issued on completion, recording the date, the method and the quantity destroyed. It goes straight into your compliance file as the evidence an auditor asks for.

Q: Can I watch my documents being shredded?

Yes. Destruction can be carried out at your own premises in a mobile shredding unit, monitored by CCTV, with your team watching it from start to finish. Where access or volume makes that impractical, the material is collected in sealed sacks and destroyed at a licensed facility.

Q: How long should I keep documents before shredding them?

Retention periods vary by industry and by document type, so your own auditors or advisors should set it. We store your documents for as long as you need and destroy them with a certificate when you tell us the time is up.

Q: What happens to paper after document shredding?

It goes to recycling partners and comes back as new paper-based products. Nothing goes to landfill, and the work runs under both a waste collection permit and a waste facility permit.

Q: Can Cyclone Archive shred anything other than paper?

Yes. Hard drives and media, branded product, uniforms and prototypes are destroyed under the same certification, with a certificate issued on completion in the same way.

Confidential shredding for Irish business. When retention ends you say the word, we pull the boxes, shred the contents on site or at our licensed facility, and issue a certificate recording what was destroyed, when and how.

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You decideBoxes are destroyed on your instruction

Certificate every timeDate, method and quantity recorded

100% recycledShredded paper goes back into new paper

The end of the retention clock

The boxes whose time is up

A box in storage often has an end date: the contracts from a matter that closed, the records of a company that has stopped trading, the accounts that have run their retention period out.

When that date comes, the decision is yours to make. Tell us which boxes are going, and everything from the shelf to the shredder is documented, ending in a certificate you can hand to an auditor.

A stored archive box with its destroy-by date and box number fields

How it works

From the shelf to the shredder to the certificate

You tell us which boxes

Send the list or the barcodes. Nothing leaves a shelf until you have confirmed what is going.

Pulled and scanned out

The boxes come off their shelf positions and their barcodes are scanned out, so the movement is on the record before anything is destroyed.

Destroyed where you want it done

On site shredding at your own premises in a mobile shredding unit, monitored by CCTV and in your sight if you want to watch, or at a licensed facility after collection in sealed sacks.

Your certificate is issued

A certificate of destruction is issued on completion, recording the date, the method and the quantity destroyed, ready for your auditor.

Recycled into new paper

Shredded paper goes to recycling partners and comes back as new paper-based products. Nothing goes to landfill.

What is included

What certified destruction with Cyclone gives you

Destruction on your wordThe list is confirmed with you first, and that confirmed list is the only thing the work follows.

On site or at the facilityA mobile shredding unit at your premises under CCTV, or collection in sealed sacks to a licensed facility.

A certificate every timeDate, method and quantity recorded, ready to go straight into your compliance file.

Chain of custody throughoutTrained, security-screened staff, and a barcode scanned at every movement.

More than paperHard drives and media, branded product, uniforms and prototypes destroyed under the same certification.

Nothing to landfillShredded paper is recycled into new paper-based products, under a waste collection and a waste facility permit.

Certified end to end

ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and EN 15713 cover every service you buy, and destruction runs under waste collection permit NWCPO-08-01122 and waste facility permit WFG-FG-15-0006. See how the facility is secured.

ISO 14001:2015 Environment, NSAI Certified

I.S. EN 15713 secure destruction of confidential material, NSAI Certified

Questions

Document shredding questions, answered

Who decides when stored documents are shredded?

Do I get proof that my documents were shredded?

Can I watch my documents being shredded?

How long should I keep documents before shredding them?

What happens to paper after document shredding?

Can Cyclone Archive shred anything other than paper?

How many boxes?

Tell us how many boxes of documents you have, and collection can be as soon as the next working day.

Prefer to talk? Call 01 814 0734.

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