Since being a part of the information destruction industry, we’ve realized that the best way to sum up the industry’s importance to other industry’s business practices is found in the very title of this article. Indeed, all information must be destroyed – if not only to alleviate office clutter and avoid a disastrous building fire or employee injury, than certainly to protect the very core of a company’s existence that is vulnerable information.

Regardless of how particular organizations value these solutions – perhaps to avoid a public relations field day, avoid fraud charges, clear office space or comply with regulatory issues. Here is a list of important information that companies should and often times must be destroying in order to move forward in business:

Account Records
- Appraisals
- Corporate Tax Records
- Formulas
- Business Plans
- Education Reports
- Product Test/Plans
- Legal Documents
- Marketing Plans/Strategies
- Payroll Documentation
- R&D Reports
- Strategies
- Test Scores
- Client and Employee Rosters

Activity Sheets
- Bank statements
- Cancelled Cheques
- Correspondence
- Expense Reports
- General Service Information
- Lottery Tickets
- Medical Records
- Performance Appraisals
- Sales Forecasts
- Supplier PO’s
- Training Information

Advertising
- Bids and Quotes
- Client Lists
- Customer Records
- Financial Statements
- Health & Safety Reports
- Magnetic Media
- Microfilm/Microfiche
- Personnel Files
- Specification Drawings
- Supplier Reports
- Treatment Programs

Applications
- Budgets
- Contact Lists
- Disciplinary Reports
- Forecasts
- Internal Reports
- Maps and Blueprints
- New Product Information
- Plastic Credit and ID Cards
- Strategic Reports
- Supplier Specifications
- Encryption Key Management Information