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Illustration of a hard drive being shredded.

What is the best way to destroy a hard drive?

If you have old hard drives laying around, you probably already know it’s a bad idea to throw these into a general waste bin. Whether your hard drive contains personal files or work files, you should ensure the data is irretrievable when disposing of the device. For this reason, destruction is the only real option.

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Build Magazine Logo - 2022 Recycling & Waste Management Awards. Shred Station named as winner of Best Paper Shredding & Waste Disposal Company UK award.

Shred Station wins Best Paper Shredding and Waste Disposal Company Award!

On Friday 6th January 2023, BUILD Magazine’s Recycling & Waste Management Awards winners were announced. It is with great pride we share the news that Shred Station won the ‘Best Paper Shredding and Waste Disposal Company – UK’ award! At Shred Station, we strive for more than just paper shredding. We operate with minimal environmental.

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Our Employees of the Quarter.

Our Employees of the Quarter – 2022 Q4

As 2022 ended, our employees were voting for their Employee of the Quarter nominees. Each quarter in 2022, our staff members were given a chance to anonymously nominate four colleagues to receive our Employee of the Quarter award. Each winner gets chosen from a different area of the business and receives a gift voucher. Our.

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Image of Safety Simon, Shred Station's health and safety brand mascot.

Safety notice regarding batteries in shredding bins

Safety Simon says, with recycling, we all love a trier. But, putting batteries in shredding bins is playing with fire! Our health and safety mascot, Safety Simon, has an urgent message to share about battery safety. While we specialise in destroying things, batteries are too destructive, even for us. When you put batteries in your.

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Image of Scott Taylor, Accounts Assistant at Shred Station

Shred Station’s Scott Taylor is taking on The Marsden Jog!

Scott Taylor, an Accounts Assistant at our Norwich head office, has been with the company since 2011. But it hasn’t always been plain sailing for Scott. In July 2012, at just 23 years old, Scott received the devastating news that he had cancer. Scott underwent chemotherapy and 26 cycles of radiotherapy to treat the soft.

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