Look aroudn and you will find services for everything. I have heard of laundry services, house cleaning services, dog walking services, courier services, catering services, dating services, even financial services. Yesterday I had my first encounter with document destruction companies. Of course, after thinking about it, this service makes a lot of sense. I have to admit though; at first I was under the impression that this was a personal service. My first emotion was shock at the fact that there really was someone out there too lazy to stick their junk mail and private papers in a shredder beside their desk. Of course, it soon became clear that there are many corporations that would have paperword and information too sensitive to keep on hand so it has to be destroyed.
One such company is a pharmaceutical company that I visited. As I wandered around I noticed these bins that were all over the building. The employees would drop in various papers throughout the day. The bottom of the cabinet is locked with a key that only the shredding company has the key to. This company would show up once a week or every couple days. They would remove the bags of papers from the bins and put in an empty bag. The bag is taken to another location to be destroyed and the cycle begins again.
When I really think about it, it is very clear to me that a paper shredding service is logical and even necessary. For some reason I find it difficult to believe that this method is as secure as just destroying the documents on site. Hopefully for the company that creates controlled drugs, this method remains secure.