Throwing away envelopes- should I destroy name and address?

sophlowe45

Who has their name on their name on their front doors? I've only ever seen plaques on properties saying stuff like The High Commissioner of X Country lives here, never seen anything else. First time i've ever heard of people having their names on their doors or buzzers.

Fruball

Cat501 wrote: »

Well yes, forgot that part about the ER GQ But I still think most people have their name on their door. I'd only destroy my name and address on an envelope if the envelope had something else compromising on it, like, I dunno, National Swingers Association or something.

NB I have never received such an envelope

Yeah yeah yeah

sophlowe45 wrote: »

Who has their name on their name on their front doors? I've only ever seen plaques on properties saying stuff like The High Commissioner of X Country lives here, never seen anything else. First time i've ever heard of people having their names on their doors or buzzers.

I've seen doorbells with a little paper insert which has the persons name on it - Mostly when I was younger though, 70's, most of my street had them - I very rarely see them now (here in the south), and I go to a lot of houses as part of my job.

Caterina

I cut off the name and address bits and stuff them in my little kitchen compost bin that gets regularly emptied in my big garden compost bin, so the info does not go very far! Then recycle the rest.

Torry_Quine

sophlowe45 wrote: »

Who has their name on their name on their front doors? I've only ever seen plaques on properties saying stuff like The High Commissioner of X Country lives here, never seen anything else. First time i've ever heard of people having their names on their doors or buzzers.

I have always had my name on a small name plate and thought it was the norm. when I was in a tenement the name was on the intercom, without it the postman wouldn't have known which buzzer to press.

I don't destroy envelopes with my name and address, seems somewhat excessive to me!

bossymoo

Cat501 wrote: »

Well yes, forgot that part about the ER GQ But I still think most people have their name on their door. I'd only destroy my name and address on an envelope if the envelope had something else compromising on it, like, I dunno, National Swingers Association or something.

NB I have never received such an envelope

I've never had my name on my door? Do you mean in flats etc? I don't know of anyone who actually has their name on the door. Apart from my dentist, lol.

Amaretti_2

I tear up all my unwanted paperwork into tiny pieces (need to buy a shredder) then throw it away in amongst the cat litter, if someone wants to sort through that they are welcome!

I'm not on the electoral register, didn't fill out the census, was always ex directory with BT, never had my name on my doorbell. I guess I'm a private person.

Seakay

I have a hand cranked shredder and tear my name and address off anything I'm discarding and shred it and then put that in the garden waste for composting. I have done ever since we had a security talk from someone in my last place of work and was told that I should do. It gives me some peace of mind and hardly takes any time at all.

vitamin_joe

I think I've changed my mind now! I kind of agree with GreyQueen and Evie74 and others who shred/compost/allow cat to poop on their unwanted paperwork. It's no bother to me to cut out the name and address from an envelope using a craft knife, and snip it into tiny pieces.

I live in a block of flats too, and no-one has their name on the door, (though I've seen this in smaller sets of flats, especially in the more well-off parts of Manchester). I'm ex-directory, and I remembered I'm not visible on the electoral roll either. There's nothing incriminating in my rubbish; I guess I'd just like it to remain anonymous trash.

(TOP TIP- if you don't have a shredder, composter or a fire, and you need to get rid of a few documents, just tear them up a bit, soak them in a bucket of water overnight, and next day squish them up into a big ball, squeezing all the water out. Ain't nobody reading that!)

GreyQueen

Well, just been decluttering some paperwork and some bits of it had my full name and National Insurance number on it. Those went thru the shredder double-time.

Amaretti, can see where you're coming from as a private person but have you ever experienced difficulty with getting bank accounts, contract mobiles etc? It's just that your presence on the electoral roll forms the basis of most credit checks so I wonder if you've ever had grief over your choice to stay off it?

A bank person told me that even having a landline as opposed to a mobile only is regarded as a point in your favour for these checks as it makes you seem a more stable person.

PlutoinCapricorn

I have been shredding anything with name & address, NI number, account number etc. for many years, scanning first if advisable. It makes me feel good - better safe than sorry - and does not take long as I am on the mailing preference list and have moved to online billing.

I have opted out of appearing on the electoral register, which means that my details are not in the edited version that can be bought, usually by people who are selling something and use it as a mailing list. However the full version is available for credit checks, to companies such as Experian for example.