It is important for you to shred any sensitive information of your company as there are many identity thefts that are more of the threat than burglary
. There are also many horror stories of the secret that leak your sensitive information, and the right way in protecting yourself is that you can use a paper shredder.
Read the instructional of the paper shredder. All shredders will operate slightly differently, therefore you should take your time in order to familiarize yourself with the work of your shredder. It has two types to start operate the machine which are the touch activated and manual activated.
You can place your shredder over the trash can. Most of shredders have the sliding arm that can help to make it fast to the top of the trash can. Because all the trash can have different sizes, it allows the shredder to fits with various cans. You should slide the arm therefore it will fit snugly over the can.
Then you have to plug the power cord into the wall. Most shredders have the battery power alternatives, but for the some parts you need to plug the machine into an outlet.
You can place the sheets of paper trough a slit. Ensure to read the manual instruction in determining about the pages that you can shred at once. While the pages "touch" the blade or you can pass trough the inner sensor, the shredder will start in shredding automatically.
Now you can empty the waste of paper basket. Do not wait until your paper shredder so full. You can simply unplug the shredder for the safety, remove it form the trash and make the basket empty in appropriate place. And then you should reattach the shredder as before described in order to continue shredding.