Editing Paper shredder (section)

==Types==
[[File:ShredderScissors.jpg|thumb|Multi-cut [[scissors]] used to shred paper]]

Shredders range in size and price. Small, inexpensive units are designed for a certain number of pages. Large, expensive units are used by commercial shredding services and can shred millions of documents per hour. While the smallest shredders may be hand-cranked, most shredders are electric.

Over time, new features were added to improve user experience, including rejecting paper over capacity to avoid jams, and other safety features to reduce risk.<ref>{{cite press release |title= Paper Shredder Safety Alert |publisher= U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission |date= 11 June 2007 |url= https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/5127.pdf |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081122052637/http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5127.pdf |archive-date= 22 November 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paper-shredder-danger/ |title=Paper Shredder Danger |website=Snopes.com |date=17 August 2006 |access-date=2009-07-27}}</ref> Some shredders designed for use in shared workspaces or department copy rooms have noise reduction.{{Citation needed |date=February 2017}}

===Mobile shredding truck===
Large organizations or shredding services sometimes use "mobile shredding trucks", typically constructed as a [[box truck]] with an industrial-size paper shredder mounted inside with storage space for shredded materials. Such units may also provide the shredding of [[CD]]s, [[DVD]]s, [[hard drive]]s, [[credit card]]s, and [[uniform]]s, among other things.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rock |first=Michael |date=2023-11-14 |title=The Cutting-Edge Shred-Tech MDS 25GT Mobile Shredding Truck |url=https://cmdocdestruction.com/shred-tech-mds-25gt-revolutionizing-mobile-shredding-solutions/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Country Mile Shredding Services |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Kiosks===
A 'shredding kiosk' is an [[automated retail]] machine (or [[kiosk]]) that allows public access to a commercial or industrial-capacity paper shredder. This is an alternative solution to the use of a personal or business paper shredder, where the public can use a faster and more powerful shredder, paying for each shredding event rather than purchasing shredding equipment.{{Citation needed|date=February 2017}}

===Services===
[[File:Shredding Console.jpg|thumbnail|Shredding console]]

Some companies [[outsource]] their shredding to 'shredding services'. These companies either shred on-site, with mobile shredder trucks or have off-site shredding facilities. Documents slated for shredding are often placed in locked bins that are emptied periodically.