Reuse
Use shredded paper as packing material to protect items of mail inside their parcel.
Soft shredded paper can be used as caged animal bedding.
It can also be used as an alternative to confetti.
Reduce
Only shred what you need to shred, such as only parts of a document that contains personal or sensitive information.
Also, signing up to get electronic statements instead of paper copies is also another good way to reduce the need to shred documents.
Recycle
You can take shredded paper to any Suffolk Recycling Centre and place it in the paper container.
Shredded paper should not be put into your home recycling bin.
The machinery used to sort the materials put in your kerbside bin cannot process items smaller than 45mm (shredded paper, bottle tops ripped card etc.). These smaller items will end up in the non-recyclable waste, sent to Suffolk's Energy from Waste facility, if put in the kerbside recycling bin. For more information about the process your recyclable material goes through watch our video here.
Recycle as home compost
You can home compost shredded paper.