OUR PROCESS

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Employee Hiring and Screening

• Employees sign a confidentiality agreement before hire

• Drivers meet federal and state licensing and reporting requirements

• Employees drug screened at hire and randomly screened throughout tenure

• Third party background checks

• Employees pass federal background screens with finger printing and eQIP, OF306, FCRA approval

• Drivers, helpers and processing employees wear company uniforms and photo ID badges

• American Shredding maintains written policies for all employees

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Transport and Destruction

• Vehicles have applicable government inspections, registration, and insurance

• Vehicles have lockable/securable cabs and lockable/securable enclosed cargo areas

• Collection equipment remains physically secured until shredding

• Mobile shredders crosscut paper to 5/8″ by slicing in multiple directions across its surface

• Mobile shredders are under 24 hour GPS surveillance

• Shredded material is secured in a locked warehouse or container until recycling

• Media for off-site shredding is destroyed within 48 hours of receipt

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Facility Security

• Visitors sign a log with their name, time, affiliation and time-out

• No access to our facilities allowed unless escorted by an American Shredding employee

• Materials always physically secured from unauthorized access while awaiting destruction

• All materials contained during collections process to prevent loss from wind and weather

• All facilities under 24 hour video surveillance