What are the benefits of paper recycling?
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. We'd be glad to tell you how!
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Beacon Secure employs shredding technology that complies with the Internal Revenue contractual standards producing a 5/16"wide shred rather than the industry standard 5/8", which results in higher security for your confidential records too!
Paper Recycling
Once Beacon Secure has shredded your confidential documents, we send them to paper mills to recycle. This amounts to 2.5 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 56 percent was recovered for recycling during 2007— a higher percentage than ever recorded
- 54.3 million tons of paper and paper board products were diverted by Americans to recycling in 2007. This is approximately 360 pounds for every person in the country, 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 2007, enough paper was recovered for recycling to fill 130 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 2005 AF&PA survey revealed that 86 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
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.