Self-Service Shredder kiosk enables pay-per-use shredding

Hey, we can't fault anyone for taking advantage of mass paranoia, and it seems that Colorado Springs-based JRP Enterprises, Inc. is about to cash in on the growing threat of identity theft. The Self-Service Shredder will be built, distributed, and marketed by RealTime Shredding, and thanks to a recent patent grant, it looks like it'll have exclusive rights to do so. The kiosk sports a 2.5-horsepower motor, LCD display, and has the ability to chew through paper (200 pages per minute, no less), cardboard, credit cards, paper clips, staples, CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks. Current installations include banks, offices, malls, military bases, and schools, and while we're not quite sure how much it'll take to get one in your place of work, those $1 per two minute shredding sessions could really add up.

[Scooter @ May 30th 2007 4:53PM]

just wait for the first "shredded cat" story before these disappear from the malls...

[ddfdfg @ May 30th 2007 5:03PM]

Wow, I'd love to shred my neighbours dog.

[Yankees368 @ May 30th 2007 5:15PM]

"In other news, it was recently discovered that some public shredding machines where in the middle of an ID theft scheme. These tampered with machines scanned all documents being scanned, just before being shredded. Police are calling this scam a close cousin to another scam, where an ATM card is read by an attachment on the machine before it actually goes into the ATM."

[Chris @ May 30th 2007 5:16PM]

This would be the greatest scam device ever if it just kept the stuff you put into it and had a few reams of random paper in another slot which is shred. Then you just come by after a few days and have people's sensitive information.

[pencap23 @ May 30th 2007 5:20PM]

LOL 2.5 Horses!

[Rick Lyon @ May 30th 2007 5:25PM]

So this makes what sense when shredders are under $20?

Just like a start up my dad passed up the opportunity to invest in back in the early 90s. It was a company that was renting out fax machines to hotels. Sure, because none had them. But they weren't expensive and soon all hotels had them.

[Marc Nathan @ May 30th 2007 5:51PM]

I wonder if these guys would get along with the public shredding kiosk guys?

www.churchstreet-technology.com

"ChurchStreet is the global leader in shredded document reconstruction technology. Our solutions focus on providing reconstruction software to governments, as well as performing the service of electronic reconstruction for investigative and legal teams worldwide. We pioneered strip- and cross-shred-reconstruction technology and continually assist in domestic and international cases."

[tiuk @ May 30th 2007 5:59PM]

Anyone ever heard of fire?

[TIMMAH! @ May 30th 2007 6:04PM]

I can see all the viral "Will it shread?" videos on YouTube now...

[paul34 @ May 30th 2007 6:46PM]

Real-time shredding? As opposed to... ?

[mb @ May 30th 2007 6:56PM]

"we promise to shred it later, please insert sensitive documents"

[Reginald @ May 30th 2007 9:24PM]

Funny thing, the office I work at pays monthly for a similar "remote shredding service" through Iron Mountain. You put your sensitive documents in a large receptacle and later in the week somebody comes to pick it up to shred all the (formerly) sensitive documents remotely.

Yes, I know. It's asinine.

[scott @ Jun 1st 2007 6:41PM]

They actually have that too. It's a company called Certified Document Destruction. They bring you a locked garbage bin with a slot in the top, you put your documents in, and they haul the bin away.

[A Rawls @ May 30th 2007 7:09PM]

I wonder if it scans the document right before shredding...? Based on the picture, there's plenty of room.

[tau zero @ May 30th 2007 7:34PM]

lol imagine trying to shred a credit card, and seeing bits of paper coming out the tray into the basket instead

[paul34 @ May 30th 2007 8:07PM]

"Wow dude, this works so well it pummels plastic into paper!"

[Brian Sexton @ May 30th 2007 9:11PM]

How can users be sure that a built-in scanner is not scanning every document that passes through these things just before the shredding blades? Why should they trust this company?

[paul irwin @ May 30th 2007 9:12PM]

they have one of these at the UPS store near my house. and i don't think it was put there yesterday. i believe it was a different manufacturer. looks like this post is old news about a runner-up product.

[Asa @ May 31st 2007 12:10AM]

What a coincidence.....I just happened to be working at a company today that is trying to sell these exact same machine. I asked the owner who he intends on marketing to. He said mostly banks who would have it as a free service to their customers. They supposedly would be giving away canvas bags(think grocery store) to put all you "sensitive in. He showed me inside the machine and there is really no place to put a scanner. There is a 3/8" gap to feed paper through; but you can put staples, paper clips, CD's, and complete magazines.

[Greg @ May 31st 2007 2:58AM]

i've already seen one of these at a Staples in Hollywood...that one charged $4 or $5 i think for a couple hundred sheets. not sure why this idea was able to be trademarked...

[Robert @ May 31st 2007 9:00AM]

Why don't they shred the CDs and other plastics seperately from the paper. It would make recycling much easier, wouldn't it?

[Better Recycle instead! @ Jun 4th 2007 1:59AM]

You know, mixing all the shredded particles of paper, CDs, and metal clips in that large bin will prevent proper recycling of all the materials. CDs and DVDs in particular, since they have useful polycarbonate and alloys, should be recycled. www.DiscEraser.com