How to dispose lots of paper containing confidential information (without a shredder) in an environmental way?

Question

I thought perhaps burning it, but this would release a lot of CO2 into the environment.

Answer 1

rip it up and put in a composter

Answer 2

soak it in water it rips so easy after doing so

Answer 3

My company has a security firm collect all confidential waste. Haven't got a clue where it goes though. They say the 'dispose of it' I think they probably sell it to my competitors! I would.

Answer 4

well.. their should be a friendly recycling station near your town where you can bring your paper and sometimes they even give you money for it

Answer 5

blend them in a blender.....dig up a hole n put them in....

Answer 6

wash them before disposing them

Answer 7

eat it, problem solved, or flush it down the toilet but thats a lot less fun...

Answer 8

I recycle them, cutting them into bits and making them into recycled paper.

Answer 9

tear off the name and address bit and then recycle the paper

Answer 10

well ur 2 choices are either shredding or burning,,,,

Answer 11

Dig a hole and bury it..paper decomposes

Answer 12

Use a shredding service.  They all recycle the paper after it is shredded.

Answer 13

compost it.

Answer 14

use water and PVA glue and watch blue peter for a night to make a pen holder 2 birds one stone : )

Answer 15

But if you shredded it, it would go into a landfill which is also environmentally unsound.....unless you intend burning hundreds of tons I don't think a small fire would do much harm.....

Answer 16

compost heap in the garden