Frequently Asked Questions

Which communities do you service?

Vermont: Chittenden County, Franklin County, Lamoille County, Addison County, Rutland County, Washington County, Grand Isle County, Caledonia County.
New York: Clinton County, Essex County, Franklin County.

Do you offer residential shredding service? If yes, what does it cost?

Yes, we provide on-site and off-site, secure, residential shredding services. Quotes are dependent upon number of boxes, or 64 gallon totes (provided by Vermont Shred) to be shred.

What do you do with the shredded material?

The shredded material is brought to a recycling facility in St. Albans, VT, where it is turned into compact bales and shipped to a pulp mill. The paper pulp is then separated and recycled into new paper products!

What kinds of things need to be removed before shredding?

We prefer you pull binder clips bigger than 1/2", 3 ring binders, hard covered books, x-rays, and reel-to-reel tapes prior to shredding. Paper clips, staples and thin metal tabs are fine to shred. If you have a question about materials to be shred, please call!

Is shredding done on-site, and can I witness it?

Shredding is available on-site with our mobile shredding truck, or at our secure facility. Both options follow the same high-security standards, and a certificate of destruction is provided after every service. Customers are more than welcome to watch the entire process, and there is a viewing monitor on the side of the truck to view the paper shredding in action!

Do you offer hard drive destruction?

We do! Hard drive destruction can be performed either on-site or at our secure facility, and all drives are rendered completely unusable and beyond recovery.

We also provide destruction services for other types of media, including flash drives, solid-state drives, LTO tapes, cassette tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, memory cards, and floppy disks.

Does Vermont Shred take the empty boxes after a purge?

Occasionally, if we have room, we may be able to take your empty boxes for disposal. However, cardboard disposal is not included in our standard service.

What types of electronics do you accept for recycling?

We take desktop and laptop computers, monitors, TVs, computer peripherals (keyboards, mice, speakers, etc.), power cords, VCRs, DVD players, cell phones, landline phones, printers, scanners, photocopiers, backup batteries, UPS batteries, and more. If you have something that you would like us to take that is not listed here, please reach out!

Please note: we do not accept single use batteries, such as AA, AAA, C, D, etc.