On-site Home Document Shredding

Ideal for securely disposing of your documents that are no longer needed. This cost-effective service provides the fastest and most secure way to shred personal documents.

View pricing and schedule your one-time document shredding online

A simple and quick option to view pricing and schedule your shredding service online at a time that works for your schedule.

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Drop-off Shredding Services from $20 per box

You can bring your personal shredding or hard drives directly to the Oakville-based Blue-Pencil office for $20 per box and $25 per hard drive (cash only).

Visit our office location at 761 Redwood Square in Oakville. Open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday – no appointment necessary.

We accept cash only for this service

Your documents will be collected and held in a locked security bin. Documents are then shredded at the end of each day. Once complete, a Certificate of Destruction is issued so you can be sure your information has been destroyed.

When you arrive to drop-off your shredding:

  1. Drive to the back of the building.
  2. Park in front of the door labeled “Customer Drop Off.” Please refer to the image of the building showing the route to the “Customer Drop Off” door.
  3. Upon arrival, please call 905-616-5586 to notify us that you’re here for the drop-off service.

Join our 20,000+ happy customers

TRUSTED BY THOUSANDS OF CANADIAN COMPANIES SINCE 2004

Leggat Group – another happy customer of our shredding services
407 ETR – another happy customer of our shredding services
University of Toronto – another happy customer of our shredding services
UHN – another happy customer of our shredding services
I.D.A – another happy customer of our shredding services
The Globe and Mail – another happy customer of our shredding services
Elections Ontario – another happy customer of our shredding services
Alzheimers Society – another happy customer of our shredding services
The Salvation Army – another happy customer of our shredding services
Brinks – another happy customer of our shredding services
Air Canada – another happy customer of our shredding services
Ford – another happy customer of our shredding services
Oxford – another happy customer of our shredding services
Humber – another happy customer of our shredding services

How Mobile Residential Document Shredding works

ONE TIME DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION SERVICE COMPLETED IN A FEW SIMPLE STEPS

Book Online

Easily book your mobile shredding service online. No need to contact our sales team, simply schedule your shredding requirements with a few clicks.

We arrive on site

On your scheduled service date, our Document Security Representatives arrive at your home, collect your material and destroy it right in the truck.

You receive a certificate

Once complete, our representative will provide you with a Certificate of Destruction for your records.

We recycle

Your shredded material is then sent to a recycling company so it can be recycled into reusable household goods.

The Blue-Pencil advantage

Blue-Pencil has been managing clients’ confidential information needs since 2004. We can help you save time, free up your resources, and improve your data security practices.

  • Fully Bonded and Screened Document Security Representatives
    Your information is in safe hands -- no matter if we shred on-site at your home or you drop your documents off
  • NAID AAA Certified Process
    Our strict processes ensure your information remains safe
  • Certificate of Destruction
    We provide you proof of document destruction upon completion
  • 100% Recycled
    Your shredded paper is recycled and made into reusable goods
  • Unrivaled Protection
    $11 million insurance coverage, including Information Breach and Errors and Omissions protection, safeguarding our clients against potential information breaches.

Book your One-Time Shredding Online Now

Free up valuable time and space by booking your One-Time Shredding service online.

Book Online Nowor call us at 1-877-821-9611

Have more questions?

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR RESIDENTIAL SHREDDING SERVICES

  • How much does it cost to shred documents?

    We offer two types of residential shredding services:

    For One-time residential shredding services cost, boxes of paper are charged a per box rate. Media and Hard Drives are charged per piece. The rates decrease as volumes increase. Minimum charges apply. You can view pricing of your shredding service and schedule a shredding date online. 

    Drop-off residential shredding services:  are $20 per box. Shredding can be dropped off at the Blue-Pencil office any weekday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Cash only.

  • Does my material for shredding need to be organized in boxes?

    Your confidential material does not have to be boxed. We accept documents any way store them (plastic bins, plastic bags or other). We may offer one of our many totes to store, collect and destroy your data and information.

  • Do I need to remove staples, paperclips, or clips before shredding?

    No, you don’t need to remove paper clips, staples or binder clips before your documents are shred. Our industrial shredders are strong enough to shred them along with your documents.

  • Can I witness the document shredding process?

    Yes, as part of our residential shredding service, you may witness your data and paper being securely destroyed by our mobile shredding trucks right at your home.

  • What time will you service my location?

    We service clients between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Our reliable Customer Service representatives will call you 1 hour before the truck arrives at your location to shred your documents.

  • What size jobs do you accept?

    No secure document destruction job is too large or too small. We can complete small residential shredding jobs as small as one box to large office clean outs as large as 100,000+ boxes.

  • What cities do you offer shredding services? Do you shred in Toronto?

    Blue-Pencil offers residential services in to many areas in southern Ontario, including Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). We visit some areas, like Toronto multiple times per week.

    View the regions across the Greater Toronto Area and surrounding cities that we offer regularly and securely service.

    • Toronto
    • Greater Toronto Area
    • York Region
    • Peel Region
    • Halton Region
    • Durham Region
    • Waterloo Region
    • Hamilton / Wellington County
    • Niagara Region
  • Are you able to shred more than just paper?

    Yes, we shred just about anything; from hard drives, data and media destruction, to your business and promotional materials. We ask that non-paper material be separate from paper. Learn about hard drive and media destruction services, secure product shredding services as well as our secure business shredding services.

    We also provide secure scanning services and can store documents as part of our document storage and records management service.