Secure Document Destruction
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Shredding Services in Seattle

For the most trusted, secure, compliant and cost effective mobile shredding services available in western Washington and beyond.

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Shredding Services in Seattle

For the most trusted, secure, compliant and cost effective mobile shredding services available in western Washington and beyond.

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Shredding a few pages is easy. Proving your sensitive information is truly gone, with documentation to back it up, is the harder job, and it is exactly what secure destruction is built for. Pacific Northwest Shredding has handled certified destruction across the Seattle area since 1989, and we hold the highest certification the industry offers. As we like to say, to shred is the law.

A trusted confidential shredding service Seattle has relied on for 37 years


Pacific Northwest Shredding was founded in 1989 by Mark Guarin Mamon and formally incorporated in 2003. Before we specialized in secure destruction, we operated as Pacific NW Recycling, Inc., serving organizations throughout western Washington. Many of those early clients are still with us 35+ years later.


Today, we:

  • Serve 600+ active clients throughout western Washington

  • Have maintained 37 years of continuous incident-free service with zero security breaches

  • Operate as a minority-owned, family-run local business with deep roots in the Seattle community

  • Support sensitive environments including hospitals, clinics, public health agencies, banks, credit unions, investment firms, and government offices

Our mission:

“To be the most trusted, secure, compliant & cost-effective mobile document destruction service provider.”


Our core value speaks directly to this service:

“Our customer’s regulatory compliance and data security is our success.”


We don’t just haul away paper—we design confidential shredding services that align with your legal obligations, policies, and risk tolerance.

What secure destruction really means


Secure destruction comes down to four things working together: a locked container, a tracked chain of custody, destruction you can watch, and a certificate at the end. From the moment your documents go into one of our containers they stay under our control, never sitting in an open bin and never sorted by hand. It all goes straight to destruction, and you walk away with proof it happened.

HIPAA shredding Seattle and beyond:

built on real compliance expertise

Physical records are still one of the biggest data breach risks for healthcare and financial organizations. We bring deep regulatory knowledge to every secure document destruction program, including:

  • HIPAA / HITECH – medical records, billing documents, lab reports, and any protected health information (PHI)

  • Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) – customer information for banks, lenders, and financial advisors

  • FACTA – consumer credit and identity information

  • Red Flags Rule – identity theft prevention and response programs

If a record contains a name, address, phone number, medical detail, account number, or any data that links a person to your organization, it should be treated as confidential. Our team educates your staff so they understand that “virtually anything” with personally linked information must be destroyed securely, not just “obvious” medical charts or bank statements.



With an estimated $45 billion lost each year to corporate espionage and dumpster diving, our goal is simple: make sure your confidential material never becomes part of that statistic.

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Trusted Secure Document Destruction in Seattle — Hear From Our Customers

★★★★★

"Mark and Billy were both great with communication and provided top notch service! Will definitely be using them again."

Matt Cook
★★★★★

"Outstanding Service and Security! I had a fantastic experience with Pacific Northwest Shredding! From start to finish the process was seamless, fast, and professional."

Justin Luong
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"Family run business with top notch service. We will continue to go with the best which is and always will be Pacific Northwest Shredding and you should too!"

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How our secure document destruction process protects your organization


Chain of custody from pickup through complete destruction

Our secure document destruction Seattle services are built around a strict, documented chain of custody:

1. Secure

Collection


  • We provide locked security containers at no charge, including:

  • 9GL under-desk containers (35 lb)

  • 32GL executive security consoles (100 lb)

  • 64GL security containers (200 lb)

  • Each container includes a lock-and-key system to prevent unauthorized access between pickups.

2. Uniformed,

Vetted Staff


  • All personnel wear uniforms and picture identification badges.

  • Employees undergo 7-year criminal background checks, employment verification, drug screening, and sign confidentiality agreements.

  • All owners and officers are also background-checked, and every driver follows written security procedures.

3. Controlled Transport

and Vehicle Security


  • Materials are collected in a secure manner and moved directly to our mobile shredding trucks.

  • Trucks have lockable cabs and cargo areas and meet all USDOT federal regulations.

  • Materials are contained during transfer to prevent loss or exposure to wind or weather.

4. On-site Destruction

While You Watch


  • Documents are shredded on your premises in our mobile shredding vehicles.

  • You can watch the process in real time through on-board viewing cameras, supporting transparency and internal audit requirements.

  • All paper is shredded to OEM specifications of 5/8" cutter width or less, exceeding typical office-level security.

5. NAID Member Custody

and Documentation


  • Materials remain in NAID member custody from pickup through complete destruction.

  • You receive documentation that supports HIPAA, GLBA, FACTA, and internal compliance policies.

This end-to-end process underpins our position as a confidential shredding service Seattle healthcare, financial, and government organizations can rely on.

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 Customized Shredding Solutions

Every business and industry has specific compliance standards, laws, and regulations for the requirement of secure information destruction of their company’s confidential material. At Pacific Northwest Shredding, Inc. we provide Certified-Secure, Compliant reliable shredding solutions tailored to your business and the industry it serves.

For The most trusted, secure, compliant and cost effective mobile shredding services available in western Washington and beyond.

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 Customized Shredding   Solutions

Every business and industry has specific compliance standards, laws, and regulations for the requirement of secure information destruction of their company’s confidential material. At Pacific Northwest Shredding, Inc. we provide Certified-Secure, Compliant reliable shredding solutions tailored to your business and the industry it serves.

For The most trusted, secure, compliant and cost effective mobile shredding services available in western Washington and beyond.

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NAID AAA Certified, the highest standard

We are NAID AAA Certified, the highest security rating an information destruction company can hold. That is not a badge we bought. Our facilities, our process, and our people are audited against strict standards, including surprise audits from independent auditors, and every crew member passes a 7-year background check and drug screening and signs a confidentiality agreement before handling a single document.

Proof, not promises

Want to know your documents were actually destroyed, and not just carted off with a promise? With us you do not have to take it on faith. Your files stay in our custody from pickup through destruction, you watch the shredding happen in real time, and we hand you a certificate of destruction for your records. If a regulator or an auditor ever asks how you disposed of sensitive data, that certificate is your answer.

When the law requires it

HIPAA, FACTA, and GLBA all require businesses to destroy personal information securely, and tossing it in the recycling bin is not a defense. Secure destruction is how Seattle businesses meet those obligations, whether they run a medical office, a financial firm, or any operation that handles private records.

What we destroy

Bring us paper in any form, from patient charts and financial records to HR files and old contracts. Leave the staples, paper clips, and folders in place. Not sure whether something should be destroyed? When in doubt, destroy it.

One-time or ongoing

Some clients need a single cleanout of old archives. Others want a locked bin in the office that we empty on a regular schedule. We handle both, and ongoing clients get secure containers at no charge, sized from an under-desk bin up to a tall console, so sensitive paper has a safe home until pickup day.

Why Seattle trusts Pacific Northwest Shredding

Since 1989 we have protected information for more than 600 clients across Western Washington. We are a family-run, minority-owned company, and we treat a single home pickup with the same care as a long-standing commercial account. We carry $2 million in general liability insurance, we recycle 100% of the paper we destroy, and we built our name on one promise: your business is nobody's business.

Serving Seattle and the surrounding area

We cover Seattle, Bellevue, and Tacoma, plus Everett, Lynnwood, Bothell, Renton, Issaquah, Puyallup, Sumner, Olympia, Arlington, Monroe, and Bremerton.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the difference between shredding and secure destruction?

    Shredding is the act of cutting up paper. Secure destruction is the whole process around it: a chain of custody, witnessed destruction, and a certificate that proves the job was done.

  • Will I get proof the documents were destroyed?

    Yes. We provide a certificate of destruction on request for every job.

  • Can I watch my documents being destroyed?

    Yes. On our mobile trucks you can watch the destruction happen in real time.

  • Do you destroy on site or off site?

    Both. Most clients choose on-site service so they can watch it happen, and secure off-site destruction is available too.

  • Are you certified?

    Yes. Pacific Northwest Shredding is NAID AAA Certified, the highest security standard for information destruction.

 Regularly Scheduled Services:

When your company consistently generates sensitive materials, a secure destruction program is the best solution. After meeting with you and discussing your specific requirements, we can develop a system that incorporates secure collection pick-ups at regularly scheduled intervals. Depending on your volumes, we can schedule your organization for:



  • Weekly Services
  • Bi-weekly Pickups (E2W)
  • Monthly Pickup (E4W)
  • Quarterly Service (E12W)
  • Annual Purge
  • Shred Events


With our scheduled services, there are no surprises. Your confidential documents are picked up as scheduled. Your material is handled professionally per NAID AAA compliance standards and your business is never interrupted.

 

With a variety of security collection containers (view our equipment) provided free of charge, our secure destruction services program will work seamlessly with your current organizational environment.

 Regularly Scheduled Services:

When your company consistently generates sensitive materials, a secure destruction program is the best solution. After meeting with you and discussing your specific requirements, we can develop a system that incorporates secure collection pick-ups at regularly scheduled intervals. Depending on your volumes, we can schedule your organization for:



  • Weekly Services
  • Bi-weekly Pickups (E2W)
  • Monthly Pickup (E4W)
  • Quarterly Service (E12W)
  • Annual Purge
  • Shred Events


With our scheduled services, there are no surprises. Your confidential documents are picked up as scheduled. Your material is handled professionally per NAID AAA compliance standards and your business is never interrupted.

 

With a variety of security collection containers (view our equipment) provided free of charge, our secure destruction services program will work seamlessly with your current organizational environment.

Purge Services On-Demand

If your organization does not require scheduled services for secure information destruction, our one-time, purge services are ideal especially when you are moving, cleaning, or simply trying to make more space at the office.

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 Purge Services On-Demand

If your organization does not require scheduled services for secure information destruction, our one-time, purge services are ideal especially when you are moving, cleaning, or simply trying to make more space at the office.

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Protect your information the certified way


Ready to destroy your documents with proof it was done right? Call Pacific Northwest Shredding at (206) 322-8461 or request a quote through our site.

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Document Shredding Services Serving Seattle, Washington

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