Do you shred letters?

pimento

Cross cut shredder. Everything with our name and/or address on goes into it, even envelopes. Then the shreddings go into the compost.

geekmeup

Yep, always shred letters with full name and address

Pound

Honestly I don't think many lock smiths would want to see proof of name and address.

If a letter has my name and address on and nothing else about me I don't shred it. My name and address is on the electoral register for anyone to see so I don't see the point in shredding letters that have that information. A lot of letters from my bank go into the recycling because they don't include my account number.

dane-katie

As with other people all my documents get burned.

DCFC79

Anything with a name and address or even just address i just shread it, the rest i recycle

its common sense to shred letters is it not

Sharon87

I hardly ever chuck letters! Stuff like bills, bank statements I keep safe. Any junk mail from banks and other places usually go into the regular bin amongst the other rubbish, but sometimes I tear the the personal info off and put it into recycling bin. I've got a hand shredder but its a bit rubbish!

Rolandtheroadie

I just rip them up and put them in the recycling. I'll worry about the consequences if anything ever happens.

Pound

DCFC79 wrote: »

Anything with a name and address

Why? Anyone could find that information on the electoral register if they wanted to.

EssexGirl

Pound wrote: »

Why? Anyone could find that information on the electoral register if they wanted to.

If there was a letter with a name and address on it, people with bad intentions could get up to all sorts of nasties with it. They could even join the library with one proof of address!

I normally hoard the personal details bits of letters for a few weeks then soak them in a bowl of hot water for a bit. Turns them to mush and when it dries it's an unreadable lump of paper.

Pound

EssexGirl wrote: »

If there was a letter with a name and address on it, people with bad intentions could get up to all sorts of nasties with it. They could even join the library with one proof of address!.

But those people could just as easily print their own letter with your name and address on, why would they go to the effort of digging around in your wheelie bin when they could produce one on their own printer from the comfort of their own home?