{"id":2608,"date":"2023-11-21T10:41:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T15:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanmanagement.com\/?p=2608"},"modified":"2023-11-21T10:42:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T15:42:50","slug":"7-reasons-you-should-get-a-certificate-of-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleanmanagement.com\/blog\/7-reasons-you-should-get-a-certificate-of-destruction\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Reasons You Should Get a Certificate of Destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are some things you can\u2019t throw out with the trash. They require shredding, burning, compacting, burying, or other similar and final means of destruction. But even that\u2019s not good enough. With the strong possibility of fraud, legal battles, and the like, you need hard proof that you eliminated the documents, devices, waste products, or other materials. For proof and peace of mind, you need a certificate of destruction issued by the company hired to handle the job. Here are seven reasons you should get a certificate of destruction, what it means, and what you can do with it.<\/p>\n
A certificate of destruction isn\u2019t just proof that you had items destroyed, though it does perform this very important function as well. The certificate provides details on how the company demolished the items, including the procedure and methods used to do so, the facility destroying the waste, and who did it. The document is a necessity for businesses and services that work under laws and regulations governing the privacy of personal records, hazardous waste disposal, and the like. Having the certificate provides proof of due diligence in the face of an audit, investigation, or other legal issues. There are predetermined standards for how you must destroy certain materials, and the certificate shows that you followed those procedures.<\/p>\n
In the case of documents, a certificate of destruction proves all that information is gone forever or safely stored away. The same is true with medical, toxic, and similar wastes. Consumers, government agencies, administrators, and others in charge of such things require this added assurance that you deal with everything safely. Otherwise, you may be in store for some nasty fines and other penalties if you can\u2019t show proof of destruction. Don\u2019t forget that your reputation is at stake as well. Patients, partners, and others involved in the process need to know that they can trust you to protect documents, items, and substances that should never get into the wrong hands.<\/p>\n
It might sound counterintuitive, but when you destroy a document, you need to have a record of that document and what happened to it. The same goes for other dangerous waste products. You want to eliminate the possibility of anyone accessing the original information or encountering the waste, but for your own purposes, you need to remember that they existed.<\/p>\n