{"id":14710,"date":"2024-11-28T14:57:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/?p=14710"},"modified":"2025-12-24T00:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T00:04:04","slug":"how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/","title":{"rendered":"How to choose a secure shredding service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-do-you-need-when-you-re-researching-new-shredding-services-restore-datashred-highlights-seven-key-areas-that-will-keep-you-on-track\">What do you need when you\u2019re researching new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/services\/on-site-mobile-shredding-services\/\">shredding <\/a>services? Restore Datashred highlights seven key areas that will keep you on track.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block--block_8b5bf401dd4e69156f41c7e71301c4d3\" class=\"content-block \">\r\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How do you like your own customers to think of you? Why do you think they\u2019d recommend you? Perhaps it\u2019s because you are market-leading, innovative, competent, trustworthy, qualified, or experienced, and certainly you wouldn\u2019t want them to think negatively about you. Here at Restore Datashred, we think our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/services\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">secure shredding services<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> help enhance your business competence and reputation and boost your confidence that you are Doing the Right Thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block--block_d7cc71760e30ba78eb931aa445c4da95\" class=\"content-block \">\r\n\t<h4><b>Seven is the magic number\u2026<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2026for us, and for you, when you\u2019re choosing the right secure shredding service for your needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block--block_14fb174a83c83ed02b33d1280a4e2cf2\"\r\n\tclass=\"museum-sec image-text-block dark-bg\"\r\n\tstyle=\"background: var(--primary);\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-lg-start text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/11\/AdobeStock_968429824-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid img-main\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-1 order-lg-0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Certification <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/about-restore-datashred\/our-accreditations\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accreditations and memberships<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> take hard work to achieve, involving changes to processes, training and, sometimes, equipment, so our commitment to earning them is your guarantee of our good faith and high standards. ISO 9001, 14001, 27001 and 45001 cover business best practice, information management, health and safety and environmental standards, and include BS EN15713, the European shredding standard and BS7858, the employee vetting standard. We are accredited by the Cyber Essentials Plus government standard, licensed by all the relevant environment agencies and are leading members of industry associations and last, but not least, we are NAID certified by the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">i-Sigma trade association. We mean business.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block--block_592518bcb9d20ac59b5179cf60ab9879\"\r\n\tclass=\"museum-sec image-text-block \"\r\n\tstyle=\"background: var(--white);\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-0 order-lg-1 \">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-lg-start text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/Legal-sector-scales.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid img-main\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-1 order-lg-0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Compliance  <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GDPR\/WEEE are the buzz words for us because we know they are key concerns for you when it comes to operating to the letter of the law. GDPR, which helps ensure protection for all confidential information \u2013 and the remit is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">very<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> broad \u2013 looms large over the business landscape and rightly so. Data breach volumes, physical and digital, are edging ever upwards, and they cause no end of hardship for individuals involved, damage to business reputations, and hits to the bottom line. The WEEE Directive is in place to make sure businesses don\u2019t dump their e-waste, with all its recycling as well as toxic leak possibilities, in landfill. Restore Datashred\u2019s range of shredding services secures the protection of your data and your reputation as a decent, environmentally focused organisation.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block--block_fa5de77012c083a7c69cec51ebeaeba7\"\r\n\tclass=\"museum-sec image-text-block dark-bg\"\r\n\tstyle=\"background: var(--primary);\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-lg-start text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/reviews.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid img-main\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-1 order-lg-0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Customers <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our customers like us for our friendly, go-the-extra-mile attitude, professionalism and security measures and, currently, 1,000 rate us as \u2018Excellent\u2019 on Trustpilot. On a different scale, our present Net Promoter Score (NPS), which is based on how likely our customers are to recommend us, is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">76<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which is also \u2018Excellent\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block--block_bde2915ffdacaf97d9a1f5a7ceda7d95\"\r\n\tclass=\"museum-sec image-text-block \"\r\n\tstyle=\"background: var(--white);\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-0 order-lg-1 \">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-lg-start text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/image-500x500-4-e1710157515670.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid img-main\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-1 order-lg-0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Security <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lockable cabinets, bins and data fortressed roll-on\/roll-off containers at your site, trained and DBS-checked operatives off and on-site, GPS-tracked vehicles, password protocols for site entry, 24-hour CCTV coverage, and an electronic chain-of-custody trail from your place to our shredder blades. We\u2019re pretty obsessive about security as it\u2019s the bedrock of our services to you and all our customers.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block--block_cebc9837fba7fb09618860938152e150\"\r\n\tclass=\"museum-sec image-text-block dark-bg\"\r\n\tstyle=\"background: var(--primary);\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-lg-start text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Black-and-Yellow-Minimalist-Real-Estate-Billboard-Landscape.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid img-main\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-1 order-lg-0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Transparency <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We build our secure on-site waste storage solutions, chain of custody, e-tracking, and range of services, which include on site, off site, one-off, regular, Swift Shred, and Home Shred shredding, around you. More than that, our customer services teams, all our teams, in fact, are renowned for their friendly, can-do, and honest approach to working with you. It doesn\u2019t matter what size business you manage; we guarantee the same standards and professionalism across the board.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block--block_9b0c9b3126e820f1488799deaf2554ee\"\r\n\tclass=\"museum-sec image-text-block \"\r\n\tstyle=\"background: var(--white);\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-0 order-lg-1 \">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-lg-start text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Black-and-Yellow-Minimalist-Real-Estate-Billboard-Landscape-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid img-main\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-1 order-lg-0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Disposal <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once we collect your waste, and it can be paper, textiles, digital media or electronic items, we rapidly transport it to the Restore Datashred destruction centre closest to you. We don\u2019t mess around; our state-of-the- art shredders will eat up your paper waste, and all those other materials, and, within 24 hours, reduce it to 4mm unusable, illegible fragments. Once the transaction is complete, we send a certificate of destruction as proof.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block--block_a98894fa3b65bee0a653c16bb9ed7a55\"\r\n\tclass=\"museum-sec image-text-block dark-bg\"\r\n\tstyle=\"background: var(--primary);\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-lg-start text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/Recycling-image-548-x-332-e1758113214160.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid img-main\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 order-1 order-lg-0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Sustainability <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We send 100% of your paper waste to be recycled into new paper products. We guarantee that we will recycle or repurpose everything else we shred, meaning that it does not go to landfill. More than that, at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/about-restore-datashred\/esg-journey\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restore Datashred we have our own sustainability goals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, such as e-vehicles, ESG partnership programmes, traffic management software that reduces journey times, idling and, where relevant, fossil fuel consumption, as well as prime locations for all our destruction centres so that we\u2019re never far away!\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block--block_1b7613a97200cb3a540e1cef56d261f9\" class=\"content-block \">\r\n\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Make the right choice for you<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our magic seven all add up to providing a secure service you can trust, that will boost your confidence that you are, indeed, Doing the Right Thing: by your customers, by your business and by our environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<section id=\"block--block_6c68eeb87fd2427802465b4258d3d7a3\" class=\"driving-sec blocknumfig-8789 hasbgimg full-width-text-with-background-block  \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/DATASHRED_CUSTOMERSERVICE_FEMALE-MALE-CHAT-005.JPG.jpg);\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">Find out more to help you in your choice by chatting to one of our friendly, knowledgeable customer services team on 0333 060 0187. They will walk you through the steps and the benefits and get you started with improved secure processes and help take a weight off your mind.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn-white mx-auto mt-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/contact-us\/get-in-touch\/\">Contact Us<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block--block_e275c08a9e51dd38a0b9f38899bfb0a3\"\r\n\tclass=\"studies-sec featured-posts-grid-block   \">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-box text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Recent News<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"studie-box text-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/10-commercial-shredding-mistakes\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/Datashred-controllers-and-processor_11zon-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"w-100 img-fluid\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"studie-box-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"text-white\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10 commercial shredding mistakes and how to avoid them!<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-white\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you don\u2019t know how long you are supposed to keep documents and other sensitive information formats, how will know when you need to get rid of them.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn-white\" href=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/10-commercial-shredding-mistakes\/\">Find out more<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"studie-box text-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/beyond-paper-the-importance-of-secure-electronic-media-destruction\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/hard-drive-destruction-1024x538.webp\" alt=\"\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"w-100 img-fluid\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"studie-box-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"text-white\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBeyond Paper: The importance of secure electronic media destruction<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-white\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tElectronic media, including hard drives, contain a wealth of personal and corporate data that, if compromised, could lead to significant financial losses.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn-white\" href=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/beyond-paper-the-importance-of-secure-electronic-media-destruction\/\">Find out more<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"studie-box text-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/effortless-document-shredding-guide\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/AdobeStock_312508277-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"w-100 img-fluid\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"studie-box-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"text-white\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDocument shredding: Simplifying the process<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-white\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen it comes to shredding documents, the question often arises: What needs to be removed from documents?<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn-white\" href=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/effortless-document-shredding-guide\/\">Find out more<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you need when you\u2019re researching new shredding services? Restore Datashred highlights seven key areas that will keep you on track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,61,28],"resource-type":[],"sector":[],"class_list":["post-14710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news","tag-recycling","tag-shredding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to choose your secure shredding services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When you\u2019re researching secure shredding services, there are seven key areas that you need to consider. We\u2019ve covered those in detail here.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to choose your secure shredding services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When you\u2019re researching secure shredding services, there are seven key areas that you need to consider. We\u2019ve covered those in detail here.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Restore Datashred\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/restoredatashred\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-28T14:57:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-24T00:04:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/forklift-bale.webp?_t=1766534645\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"speat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@datashreduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@datashreduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"speat\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"speat\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#\/schema\/person\/96e88008d54508295962216993e291c2\"},\"headline\":\"How to choose a secure shredding service\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-28T14:57:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-24T00:04:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/\"},\"wordCount\":30,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/forklift-bale.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"News\",\"Recycling\",\"Shredding\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/\",\"name\":\"How to choose your secure shredding services\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/forklift-bale.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-28T14:57:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-24T00:04:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"When you\u2019re researching secure shredding services, there are seven key areas that you need to consider. We\u2019ve covered those in detail here.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/forklift-bale.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/forklift-bale.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"We also take care of product destruction to keep your brand secure\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to choose a secure shredding service\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/\",\"name\":\"Restore Datashred\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Restore Datashred\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Datashred-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Datashred-logo.svg\",\"width\":160,\"height\":65,\"caption\":\"Restore Datashred\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/restoredatashred\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/datashreduk\",\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/restoredatashred\"],\"email\":\"datashredmarketing@restore.co.uk\",\"telephone\":\"0800 376 4422\",\"legalName\":\"Restore Datashred Limited\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"1001\",\"maxValue\":\"5000\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#\/schema\/person\/96e88008d54508295962216993e291c2\",\"name\":\"speat\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cccfa2f1467491a491871fe2c9333763eb01665a32e87fbd60624c212a87c7af?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cccfa2f1467491a491871fe2c9333763eb01665a32e87fbd60624c212a87c7af?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"speat\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/author\/speat\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to choose your secure shredding services","description":"When you\u2019re researching secure shredding services, there are seven key areas that you need to consider. We\u2019ve covered those in detail here.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to choose your secure shredding services","og_description":"When you\u2019re researching secure shredding services, there are seven key areas that you need to consider. We\u2019ve covered those in detail here.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/","og_site_name":"Restore Datashred","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/restoredatashred\/","article_published_time":"2024-11-28T14:57:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-24T00:04:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/forklift-bale.webp?_t=1766534645","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"speat","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@datashreduk","twitter_site":"@datashreduk","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"speat","Estimated reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/"},"author":{"name":"speat","@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#\/schema\/person\/96e88008d54508295962216993e291c2"},"headline":"How to choose a secure shredding service","datePublished":"2024-11-28T14:57:31+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-24T00:04:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/"},"wordCount":30,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/forklift-bale.webp","keywords":["News","Recycling","Shredding"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/","url":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/","name":"How to choose your secure shredding services","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/forklift-bale.webp","datePublished":"2024-11-28T14:57:31+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-24T00:04:04+00:00","description":"When you\u2019re researching secure shredding services, there are seven key areas that you need to consider. We\u2019ve covered those in detail here.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/forklift-bale.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/forklift-bale.webp","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"We also take care of product destruction to keep your brand secure"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/how-to-choose-a-secure-shredding-service\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to choose a secure shredding service"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/","name":"Restore Datashred","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#organization","name":"Restore Datashred","url":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Datashred-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Datashred-logo.svg","width":160,"height":65,"caption":"Restore Datashred"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/restoredatashred\/","https:\/\/x.com\/datashreduk","https:\/\/linkedin.com\/restoredatashred"],"email":"datashredmarketing@restore.co.uk","telephone":"0800 376 4422","legalName":"Restore Datashred Limited","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"1001","maxValue":"5000"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#\/schema\/person\/96e88008d54508295962216993e291c2","name":"speat","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cccfa2f1467491a491871fe2c9333763eb01665a32e87fbd60624c212a87c7af?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cccfa2f1467491a491871fe2c9333763eb01665a32e87fbd60624c212a87c7af?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"speat"},"url":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/author\/speat\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14710"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20492,"href":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14710\/revisions\/20492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14710"},{"taxonomy":"resource-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-type?post=14710"},{"taxonomy":"sector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.restore.co.uk\/datashred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector?post=14710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}