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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:The Digital way of working
Moderator:QUARK::LIONELON
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5321
Total number of notes:139771

894.0. "info on paper destruction needed" by CAM::JOHNSON (one brief shining moment, camelot) Wed Aug 16 1989 12:15

    I am looking for some information concerning corporate 
    requirements on destruction of paper.  
    
    I am in a relatively
    new office of 30 people, all engineers and technical
    communications.  We are trying to start a recycling program,
    and need to know what the paper destruction rules are.
    
    Could anyone point me to the group/person I could call.  We have
    some very specific questions, and the sooner we can understand
    our responsibilities, the sooner we can save some trees.
    
    thank-you
    
    sarah johnson
    
    cam::johnson
    dtn 238-4354
    (203) 286-4354
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894.1I Tried Once!SSGVAX::MCCULLERWed Aug 16 1989 13:4215
    
    As a cost center manager in an engineering environment several years
    ago, I faced the same situation--gross volumes of `used' high-speed
    printouts and other paper being produced in volume. As I recall,
    the result of our investigation into whether we could recycle this
    stuff was an extended meeting with Corp Security. In the end, we
    did not recycle paper (test results, other proprietary data was
    a consideration--it would have been too manpower intensive on our
    part to meet security requirements).  BUT-- your situation may be
    much different, and company requirements (security & otherwise)
    have probably changed.
    
    Security is probably a good place to start, anyway.  Good luck!
    
    
894.3Recycling infoTLE::AMARTINAlan H. MartinWed Aug 16 1989 21:403
See note 21.21 in REGENT::WESTFORD_OFFICE (q.v.) for information on the
procedures used by Hanna paper to recycle paper from Digital sites.
				/AHM
894.4Woodman! Save that tree!CHLDRN::PMACHLDRN:grow in health,wisdom,peaceFri Aug 18 1989 20:1511
    Before you get rid of the paper, you should check to see if Corporate
    (as in Company-wide) Retention Schedules have been established for
    those records.
    
    Contact Corp. Records Administration in NRO2-1/I38.  The back of
    the Telephone Directory lists three numbers: 234-5253, 5352 or 5269.
    
    Say hello to Elna Johnson for me.
    
    Pat MilliganAbber
    
894.5We use Shredders...JACOB::FAZIOSat Aug 19 1989 00:5214
    We have black boxes all over the Mill for disposal of sensitive
    information.  My understanding is that this paper somehow gets burned
    in a N.H. facility to destroy the information and provide heat....but
    there is a lot of manual intervention between initial disposal and
    final distruction, so in Worksystems we purchased shredders and then
    recycle the remains.  The shredders are cross cut not strip type and do
    a very effective job.  
    
    As far as the rules for retention and how to classify, stamp and
    distribute various documents you can contact the Corporate security
    Program Office.  They have specific guidelines for this purpose.  It is
    headed by Dave Hamilton.
    
    -Paul
894.6Don't give up!!JULIET::MICKELSEN_SUWed Aug 23 1989 00:1914
    Re.0
    
    I have started a recycling program here in the Santa Clara training
    facility for non company sensitive waste paper.  At this point it
    is benefiting the participating cost centers.  It's just beginning
    to get off the ground, but has been very successful.  I'm in the
    process of trying to get other departments within the cluster involved
    in our employee recycling effort.  If you want more information,
    I would be more than happy to share all I know.
    
    Regards,
    
    Sue
    
894.7It doesn't sound encouragingMILKWY::MORRISONBob M. LMO2/P41 296-5357Mon Aug 28 1989 01:4914
>See note 21.21 in REGENT::WESTFORD_OFFICE (q.v.) for information on the

  I read most of this topic and it's not encouraging. Setting up this program
required a lot of work by a lot of people and required a lot of cooperation be-
tween Facilities, Security, managers, etc. One statement that threw me is that
all money paid by recyclers is supposed to go to the corporate Employee Activi-
ties group. It appears that this rule doesn't apply in Calif., which leads to a
question: How wide a region does this rule cover? Westford is part of "Greater
Maynard", I think. The base note was written by someone in CT (I had to trace
the area code to find this out), so the rule might not apply there.
  Why can't DEC plants keep the money they receive from recyclers, no matter
where they are located? Without a financial incentive on their own bottom line,
it's very hard for a plant manager to justify the open and hidden costs of re-
cycling.