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5/16" shredded paper

Beacon Secure is Cost Effective
You can anticipate a 25% to 35% savings as compared to mobile shredding with the same level of security and confidentiality. There are no extra charges for picking up extra materials, sorting or disposing your boxes.

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Protect Your Business
Our standard shredding width is ½”, providing a higher level of security than the industry standard 5/8". In addition, Beacon Secure has two optional shredding technologies: 5/16” wide shred that complies with the Internal Revenue contractual standards and cross-cut disintegration which meets U.S. Government Security Level Six shredding requirements.

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Paper Recycling
Once Beacon Secure has shredded your confidential documents, we send them to paper mills to recycle. This amounts to 3 million pounds of recycled paper each year! Here are some paper recycling facts from the American Forest & Paper Association (www.paperrecycles.org):

Of all the paper we use in the U.S., more than 57 percent was recovered for recycling during 2008 — a higher percentage than ever recorded
In 2008, paper collections for recycling were 52 million tons - 340 pounds for each person in the United States, up from 233 pounds in 1990!
In the U.S., the amount of paper being recovered far exceeds the amount sent to landfill sites, saving 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space for every ton of paper that is recovered
In 2008, enough paper was recovered for recycling to fill 125 Empire State Buildings
The paper industry has established a new goal of 60 percent recovery by 2012. Each percentage point represents nearly one million additional tons of recovered paper — enough to fill more than 14,000 railroad cars
A 2007 AF&PA survey revealed that 87 percent of the U.S. population has access to community recycling programs
About four out of five paper mills in the U.S. use recovered fiber from recycled paper to make some or all of their products
Paper from recycling efforts accounts for about 37 percent of the raw material used by U.S. paper mills

Jobs for People with Disabilities
Beacon Secure is an enterprise operated by the Beacon Group. We have a long history of operating successful businesses for the purpose of providing jobs and job training for people with disabilities. As a Beacon Secure customer, you receive more than the secure destruction of your confidential documents. You also receive the benefit of knowing that your business is providing valuable work experiences that positively impact the lives of people with disabilities. Please join the growing list of southern Arizona businesses taking advantage of Beacon Secure's document destruction services.