RealTime Shredding Expands to Texas

Amarillo installations mark first uses in educational institution, RV park.

Amarillo, TX (PRWEB) July 21, 2006 -- Visitors and residents in Amarillo, Texas, now are preventing identity theft quickly, conveniently and inexpensively with the nation’s first self-service shredding kiosk.

RealTime Shredding, developer of the first self-service kiosk to help consumers and businesses fight identity theft, has installed kiosks at a school district and an RV park in Amarillo. These installations represent the first RealTime Shredding kiosks in use at any U.S. educational institution or RV park, says Amanda Verrie, RealTime Shredding president.

At Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch Independent School District, administrators are using the kiosk to increase staff productivity and insure compliance with state, federal and internal document destruction regulations. The organization already has reduced the time spent on shredding by at least 75 percent, and anticipates savings in staff cost of $10,000 or more on an annual basis. In addition, the district no longer needs to purchase multiple smaller shredders throughout the year that frequently jam and break, and no longer needs to hire part-time help to keep up with shredding requirements. Business access codes and accompanying reports track and document use by department.

At Fort Amarillo RV Park, Owner Bobby Prescott is offering the RealTime Shredding kiosk as an additional convenience for park visitors. Guests can bring in any material they would like to shred and do so at a cost of $1 per two-minute session. With RealTime Shredding’s industrial-quality shredder, that equates to up to four pounds, or about 400 sheets of paper. “Long-term guests, as well as those here for shorter stays, find it very handy,” says Prescott. He also is using the self-service shredder to destroy sensitive business documents and other materials.

RealTime Shredding use at RV parks and educational institutions “makes great sense in terms of helping prevent identity theft and achieving these organizations’ goals,” says Amanda Verrie, RealTime Shredding president. With President Bush’s recent executive order creating the nation’s first-ever Identity Theft Task Force, Americans’ consciousness about protecting their good names is on the rise, she says, and shredding continues to grow in importance. Identity theft is now the fastest-growing crime in the United States, according to the National Crime Prevention Council. More than 9.3 million Americans were the victims of identity theft in 2005, resulting in losses to individuals, businesses, and government of $52.6 billion.

Both Boys Ranch Independent School District and Fort Amarillo RV Park are appreciating the simplicity, safety, and convenience of the shredding kiosk, adds Verrie. Since it cross-cut destroys cardboard, credit cards, paper clips, staples, CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks -– in addition to paper -– users can shred quickly and efficiently. Ability to see the material shredded in real time eliminates worries about personal information being lost or stolen.

RealTime Shredding, Inc. (www.realtimeshredding.com) develops and markets the first self-service shredding kiosk designed specifically for consumers and businesses. RealTime Shredding kiosks provide a fast, convenient, inexpensive way to shred documents and other materials that must be destroyed. Based in Colorado Springs, the woman-owned and
-operated company offers multiple kiosk models and options, with purchase, revenue-sharing, and lease plans available.

###