And unless you want to spend the time dealing with the documents by hand or pay a company to do it for you, the most effective tool is a cross-cut shredder, which slices papers horizontally and ...

Be aware it only cuts into 0.65cm strips though so anyone with particularly sensitive documents might prefer a more secure cross-cut machine instead. Worried about little hands near your shredder ...

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