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Secure Document Destruction & Shredding in Melbourne
Protect your customers’ and staff’s personal information with secure document destruction across Greater Melbourne. Choose tamper-evident bags from $79 for small clean-outs, locked 240L document bins from $199 per bin per year for ongoing collections, or a one-off archive clearance from $99. Order online in minutes or call 1300 292 783.
For small or infrequent amounts of confidential paper, our document destruction bags are the simplest option. Each bag is sealed with an individually numbered, tracked, tamper-evident security tag.
A bag holds approximately 140 litres of documents when full and folds flat in a stationery cupboard when empty. Bags suit one-off clean-outs, home offices, small offices short on space, or a quick tidy-up when a staff member leaves. Priced from $79, they are our most affordable option.
Locked 240L document destruction bins – from $199 per bin per year
For offices that produce confidential paper every week or month, we deliver one or more lockable 240L document bins to your site and leave them for as long as you need. Staff drop documents through the slot, and the bin stays locked until our team swaps it for an empty one.
Choose weekly, fortnightly, four-weekly or at-call collections. Bins start from $199 per bin per year on an at-call service, with no bin rental, account-keeping or monthly fees. See the full document bin fees and conditions.
Archive destruction and site clearances – from $99
Our Site Attendance service is usually the cheapest and most convenient way to clear a large volume of archives, such as an end-of-financial-year clean-out or an office move. There are no minimum or maximum quantities. Simply have your documents stacked, bagged or boxed, and our team will load everything into secure document destruction bins and remove it on the spot. Prices start from $99.
Old invoices, payroll records, client files and medical records shouldn’t go in a general waste or recycling bin. Our secure document disposal service gives you a safe, documented way to get rid of confidential paper, whether it’s a single bag or a room full of archive boxes.
All documents are destroyed off-site. We collect your bags, bins or archive boxes and take them to an accredited secure facility for shredding. We don’t offer mobile or on-site shredding.
Document shredding service for businesses and homes
Our document shredding service suits offices of every size, from law firms and medical practices to small businesses that shred a few times a year. Households can use it too. A single secure bag is an easy way to clear out old tax returns, bank statements and personal papers from a home office, without feeding a desktop shredder for hours.
How secure document destruction works
Order online or call us. Choose bags, a locked bin or a site attendance and confirm your suburb.
Fill your bag or bin. There’s no need to remove staples, paperclips, bulldog clips or window-faced envelopes.
We collect it securely. Your documents are taken to an accredited secure facility with monitored CCTV and alarm systems.
Shredded and recycled. Documents are shredded so they can’t be reconstructed, then pulped and recycled into new paper products. A certificate of destruction is provided for your records.
Security and privacy compliance
Under the Privacy Act 1988 (Australian Privacy Principle 11), organisations must take reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify personal information they no longer need. Throwing confidential paper in a general waste or recycling bin leaves it exposed. A secure document destruction service gives you a documented, auditable way to dispose of it.
NAID AAA-compliant destruction processes
Compliant with the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles
Certificate of destruction provided
Locked bins and bags with a secure chain of custody from your office to destruction
Bags sealed with individually numbered, tracked, tamper-evident tags
Police-checked staff
Destruction at an accredited secure facility with monitored CCTV and alarms
100% of shredded paper recycled, nothing sent to landfill
Who we help
We help anyone with confidential paper to dispose of: law firms, medical and dental practices, accountants, real estate agencies, schools, government offices, small businesses and home offices.
Document destruction across Greater Melbourne
We collect from businesses and homes across Greater Melbourne, including:
Melbourne CBD and inner suburbs
Western suburbs
Northern suburbs
Eastern suburbs, out to Lilydale
South-eastern suburbs, out to Pakenham
Mornington Peninsula
Greater Geelong (including Lara, Highton, Newtown and Bell Park)
Bacchus Marsh and Maddingley
Enter your postcode in the order form above or check our coverage to confirm we service your suburb.
Why Melbourne businesses choose AWM
Family-owned, Melbourne-based and servicing local businesses since 2003
How much does document destruction cost in Melbourne?
Secure document destruction bags start from $79, locked 240L document bins start from $199 per bin per year (at-call service), and on-site archive clearances start from $99. There are no bin rental, account-keeping or monthly fees.
Should I choose a bag or a bin?
Bags suit small or one-off clean-outs and fold flat when not in use. A locked 240L bin suits offices that produce confidential paper every week or month. For a large archive clean-out, a site attendance is usually the cheapest option.
What can we put in the bin?
If it is made out of paper, it can go in the bin, from white paper, coloured paper, newspaper, magazines, books, packing paper and cardboard. Our process can also handle paperclips, staples, bull clips and window faced envelopes, saving you more time by not having to sort through and remove these items.
Do I get a certificate of destruction?
Yes. A certificate of destruction is provided, giving you a record for privacy and audit purposes.
Which areas do you service?
We service Greater Melbourne, including the CBD, inner suburbs and the western, northern, eastern and south-eastern suburbs, plus Greater Geelong and Bacchus Marsh. Enter your postcode on the order form to confirm we collect from your suburb.
Do you offer mobile or on-site shredding?
No. We don't offer mobile or on-site shredding. We collect your documents in secure bags or locked bins and take them to an accredited secure facility, where they are shredded off-site and then recycled.
How are the documents securely destroyed?
Once the documents are collected from your site, they are taken to an accredited secure facility featuring state of the art monitored CCTV and alarm systems, and are shredded to the highest security level possible before being recycled into pulp to create new products such as printing paper, toilet paper, egg cartons, cardboard boxes and other paper products. This also eliminates any possibility of reconstruction of the documents.