My little shredder is fine for a few sheets at at time, but my junk mail quickly transforms from a short stack to a pile, and the shredder really groans when it gets overloaded. The Midland Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. (MARC) used to run a great little shop which employed some of it's clients and took in paper for shredding at a very reasonable fee. But the landlady raised the rent, and the shop closed.
But, here's an opportunity for those of us who don't like spending money to get some shredding done without stressing the shredder or the pocket book. It's Midland Shred Day on Saturday, July 5, 2008:
Once again, both events are at no cost, but there will be a maximum amount allowed per person. Individuals with material for shredding can ONLY bring the equivalent amount of two “LETTER” sized boxes. This size box is equal to the boxes of paper you buy at the office supply store [approximately: 1.3 cubic feet]
Hmmm. There's a limit per person. And is that 1.3 cubic feet the measure of one box or two boxes? Well, the paper I buy comes in a plastic wrapper so let's go with that number.
The cube root of 1.3 is 1.0913929. So that pile of paper would be roughly 1'1" by 1'1" by 1'1".
But here's another way to measure. It's SensibleUnits.com (found at LifeHacker.com). So we plug in 1.3 cubic feet and hit "units." And what do we learn? 1.3 cubic feet = 9.72 gallons (US), 8.1 gallons (imperial), or 7.97 beer gallons. All clear now?
The cost of shredding is minimum today, once the fear of high prices was there but it has changed with growing demands .
Posted by: Cross Cut Shredder | September 02, 2009 at 01:28 AM
Paper shredders are getting cheap these days, its better to buy all in one as it is more economical shredderwarehouse.com
Posted by: Paper shredder | September 10, 2009 at 01:02 AM