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A comment on Ask HN: Why don't physical shredders delay shredding each paper for 30 days?.

Re:Ask HN: Why don't physical shredders delay shredding each... by pwg on Thursday June 01, 2023 @05:57PM (#36157946)
Why should they, when you can implement this yourself with a set of "shred boxes" each dated with either "today" or "today plus 30 days". Shred the oldest box today, make it today's new box, put papers to shred into that new box.

Repeat tomorrow.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't physical shredders delay shredding each... by amichail on Thursday June 01, 2023 @05:58PM (#36157964)
Having the shredder automatically handle it in one compact unit would be more convenient and less error prone.
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Re:Ask HN: Why don't physical shredders delay shredding each... by pwg on Thursday June 01, 2023 @06:19PM (#36158195)
I think @al2o3cr has given the likely correct answer. Liability avoidance. If they "shred immediately" (as in pick up, transport, shred) their liability exposure is much less vs. offering a 'delayed shred' service.
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