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Types of Shredders and their distinction
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Buying the correct waste shredder for your self is no easy feat. Buying the perfect machine for oneself requires research and analyses. You have from simple paper shredders to high technology disintegrators. Furthermore, even paper shredders can be divided into further smaller groups based on the size of the paper that finally comes out of the machine. People generally use the simpler shredders such as newspaper shredders for all domestic purposes. Highly sophisticated shredders are often used by large MNC’s and corporation in order to ensure data protection and security of sensitive information. That is not all even apart from these the heavy duty and more durable shredders are more likely to be used for commercial purposes. These are especially helpful in order to reduce the bulk waste and for places where landfill or open burning is considered illegal.

  1. The simple type of shredder is the strip cut shredder. It is used to shred paper by cutting the paper into long strips. Be that as it may, it is not very secure for the simple fact that anyone who has enough patience to sit and rearrange the paper strips can do so. Even so the strip cut shredder comes in different types. There are those which cut the paper in narrower strips so you can choose according to your usage. You can use it for newspaper shredder.

  2. Next in range are the cross cut shredders. These cut the paper in small squares or diamond like shape and in various sizes. This is more secure than the strip cut shredder.

There are also other types of shredder such as the aluminum can shredder. This is also an efficient shredder for people who need to deal with metal shredding. Rubber shredder is another option for people requiring who need to deal with that. You can choose the shredder depending on where and how you want to use it.  

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