An Alternative to Shredding

The majority of my clients who have shredders either 1) don't use them, 2) hate them, 3) have jammed shredders needing repair, or 4) all of the above. Which explains why I am not a big fan of shredders. They end up causing more clutter and headaches than helping.

I saw an item in http://www.solutions.com/ that I thought was an interesting alternative, besides, say, just ripping up sensitive material yourself.

Here’s a quick, easy way to protect your address, account numbers and other information before you recycle. Cover it up with a push of this stamp—the unique proprietary ink leaves behind a jumbled pattern of characters that make things unreadable. Use on credit card offers, bank statements, personal letters and more.