Drop-Off

Drop-off And Watch Your Data Get Destroyed

You can bring your sensitive paper to us and you can stay and watch it get shredded.

Depending on your electronic data storage drive (hard drives, solid state drives, etc.), we will degauss and/or destroy it. If the drive is removed from the device (computer, laptop, cell phone, tablet, etc.) you can stay and watch it be destroyed. If the drive needs to be removed from the device you cannot stay for the destruction process due to the amount of time it takes to remove the drive from the device.

Shred Spot is open for drop-offs between 9 AM and 5 PM Monday โ€“ Friday and from 9 AM to 1 PM on Saturdays. Our only drop-off location is at 3141 MacArthur Blvd., Northbrook, IL 60062. 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

On arrival, please pull up to the garage door on MacArthur Boulevard and we will help you unload your vehicle. Weโ€™ll then bring the material into our plant for destruction. A certificate of destruction is provided upon request.

Please see our FAQ for more information on pricing and our free recycling services.

Donโ€™t worry about removing staples, paper clips or binder clips. Your shredded paper gets mixed with other shredded paper and automatically baled in a tightly compacted 1400 pound bale. It is then sent to a paper mill where it will be recycled and turned into paper towels and toilet paper. All cardboard, including the cardboard boxes that hold your paper, is sent to a cardboard plant to be made into recycled cardboard and box board.