Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Shred Spot is open from 9 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday and from 9 AM to 1 PM on Saturdays.

Our only paper shredding and electronic data storage device destruction facility is conveniently located near you at 3141 MacArthur Blvd., Northbrook, IL 60062. Click here for directions

Shred Spot is open for drop-offs between 9 AM and 5 PM Monday – Friday and from 9 AM to 1 PM on Saturdays. Walk-ins are welcome and appointments are requested. If you make an appointment, you will have priority over a walk-in. Please make an appointment here: Drop-off Appointment

  • Drop-off:
    → $.25/pound shredded. $10 minimum effective 5/1/24.
  • Pick-up and haul-away paper shredding:
    → $.25/pound shredded with an additional service fee that varies by location.
  • Pick-up and shred paper on-site:
    → $200 minimum. Includes (3) 64-gallon containers to be filled and shredded. $50 per 64-gallon container shredded after that (each container holds approximately 200 pounds of paper).

Hard Drive, Solid State Drive and Embedded Memory Storage Device Destruction

  • $5/storage drive
  • $10/storage drive if it needs to be removed from the device (devices include computers, laptops, external hard drive cases, cell phones, tablets, etc.)

Servers

  • $5/storage drive removed from the server

CDs, Floppy Disks, Thumb Drives, etc.

  • $.25/pound

Flat Screen Television and Computer Monitor Recycling

  • $.50/pound

$10 minimum on drop-offs effective 5/1/24.

Yes, our Certificate of Destruction is compliant with regards to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA).

Yes. If you bring your paper to our facility in Northbrook you can watch us shred the documents. If you utilize the on-site mobile shredding truck for a one-time purge at your location you can watch the paper get shredded.

If the electronic data storage drive is removed from the device (devices include computers, laptops, external hard drive cases, cell phones, tablets, etc.) you can watch it be destroyed. 

If the electronic data storage drive needs to be removed from the device you cannot watch it be destroyed due to the amount of time it takes to remove the storage device from its case.

Yes. We will bring a cart to your vehicle and unload the materials for destruction.

The shredded paper is baled and sent to paper mills for recycling. It is turned into paper towels and toilet paper. Cardboard boxes are baled separately and sent to cardboard plants for recycling. It becomes new cardboard.

Electronics are taken to an electronics recycling facility after we destroy all data storage devices.

  • Pre-shredded paper, brown bags and cardboard (Up to one carload of loose cardboard recycled for free. Box trucks full of loose cardboard for recycling will cost $100. Call for a quote if you have more volume of loose cardboard)
  • Wires, cables, AC adapters, DVD players and other electronic devices that do not store data
  • We do not accept anything with refrigerant, anything with mercury, cathode ray tube monitors or televisions, light bulbs, smoke detectors, loose batteries, kitchen appliances, washers, dryers, microwaves and inkjet/toner cartridges

Due to the secure nature of our paper shredding and electronic data storage device destruction business, we are obligated to destroy your material once we take possession of it. Therefore, no refunds are possible.

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