What Should I Shred in St Louis?

Every Missouri business has files and documents that need to be secured and shredded properly once they reach their appropriate maximum retention times. Here’s a list of some of the items you might have at your business that need to be destroyed properly:

Employee-related Information

• Outdated medical records
• Payroll documents
• Personnel issues (performance appraisals, disciplinary reports).
• Documents containing employee addresses and personal information
• Training manuals

Legal Documents and Documentation

• Expired Contracts and Legal Documents 
• Legal correspondence
• Insurance Agency Records

Accounting

• Internal accounting reports
• Unused Checks
• Bank Statements
• Budgets
• Customer lists
• Credit Card Statements and Receipts 
• A/R and A/P printouts

Operations Information

• Corporate records
• Supplier Lists
• Purchase Orders
• Procurement Requests
• Proprietary Data 

Sales/Marketing Materials

• Prospect lists
• Customer lists
• Drafts of sales strategies

These are just a few of the items in your office that can be used against you, so it is important to implement a document destruction plan today to ensure that your information is completely destroyed. You want to do this so that it is not leaked to your competitors or identity thieves.