Health and social care

Yes. We are flexible to all sorts of requirements. We have some customers who require daily services and others who may only need a service every couple of months.

We also offer flexibility for customers such as schools, which need regular services but are closed over the summer.

Yes, we can provide services at all of your company's locations. We can also provide multi-site reporting, helping your business to analyse its waste output by site or for your organisation as a whole.

We are happy to accommodate one-off, ad-hoc, and regular collections.

We will supply shredding bins for regular customers and for large office clear-outs. All of the confidential waste bins we supply are lockable and have a slot in the top or the front to place materials through. You can also purchase bins from our online shop if you'd like a confidential waste bin without a regular shredding service.

We request authorisation in writing to supply keys and typically restrict these to certain staff, as your bins are likely to contain internally confidential information.

When it comes to confidential waste, trust is vital. We go above and beyond to ensure our service security is watertight. We are the largest independent shredding service provider in the world as a result of earning this trust, and our shredding services are approved for UK government use.

We are fully accredited and comply with all BS EN 15713 standards. These standards include security vetting all employees to BS7858 standards as a minimum, using CCTV and GPS-monitored vehicles, and operating from secure premises. We are also members of the BSIA and UKSSA - the UK's leading trade associations for the shredding industry. Our Commercial Director is also Chair of the BSIA's information destruction section, putting us at the forefront of all changes to UK shredding requirements.

The cost of your service can depend on a variety of factors. For instance:

• Do you want the service on-site at your premises, or off-site at a secure destruction centre?
• Is it just a one-off requirement you have, or do you need regular services?
• How many bags or boxes do you have for shredding?

All of these questions will help our sales team to find the best and most cost-effective option for your needs. You can submit a quote request by clicking the 'get a quote' button at the top of your screen.

Once a regular schedule is agreed upon, your service will be automatically added to our routes. You don't have to call us; our services will operate seamlessly and we can provide a dated service schedule document in advance for you to reference.

As a regular customer, we can also set you up to use our online portal. On the portal, you can view your upcoming collection dates, past collection dates, as well as all of your Waste Transfer Notes and Certificates of Destruction.

On the day of your service, we'll also send out a live service tracker to your site representative. This means you don't have to work your entire day around our visit, or call to find out where we are.

For larger contracts, we will create a bespoke mobilisation plan. This will include a timeline chart with key milestone dates.

We will ensure a smooth transition by working with your incumbent provider to confirm final shred dates. We will arrange regular calls with the incumbent supplier and your sites to confirm delivery dates and any site-specific information. We will also ensure your sites are not left without confidential waste containers. Temporary containers can be arranged if incumbent suppliers take their containers away unexpectedly or ahead of schedule.

All mobilisation projects receive Director-level leadership and will be orchestrated by an experienced Account Manager.

Shred Station is a lifetime carbon-neutral certified company. That means every service we provide is delivered with neutralised carbon emissions. We undergo an annual assessment of our carbon emissions to earn this certification. Any emissions we haven’t yet been able to reduce, we offset through strictly verified offsetting projects in line with the requirements of The CarbonNeutral Protocol. We publish these assessments and the projects we use on our website for full transparency.

We know that offsetting alone isn’t enough. That’s why we take many steps to reduce emissions and support the Sustainable Development Goals. This includes operating with a Zero to Landfill policy and using low-emission vehicles. You can read more about our commitments to reducing emissions in the 'about' section of our website.

After shredding, we recycle 100% of shredded paper at UK paper mills. The shredded fragments can be turned into many sustainable materials such as new paper, kitchen towels, toilet tissues, and feminine hygiene products.

We offer our regular customers MI reporting. These reports detail the weight of paper waste collected and the environmental impact data showing the reduction in impact (including CO2 emissions and water saved) by recycling your paper waste with us. We can also provide more bespoke reporting, including costings as well as weight per service.

We provide these reports as Excel file via email for easy search and manipulation of the data. These are provided upon request to [email protected] - or we can provide these reports weekly or monthly, if required.