Records that have outlived their retention period — financial files, HR records, legal correspondence, customer data, board papers — present real risk if they are simply binned. Disposing of sensitive paperwork casually exposes organizations to data leakage, reputational damage, and regulatory penalties under data protection and sector-specific compliance frameworks.
Tecres delivers a controlled, witnessed destruction process for retired records, with strict chain-of-custody documentation from collection through final destruction. Each engagement closes with a Certificate of Destruction that documents the records destroyed, the date, and the method used — giving your audit, legal, and compliance teams the evidence they need.
We have delivered secure document destruction engagements for clients including KPMG Nigeria and operate as a natural extension of our archive lifecycle services — so records can move from offsite storage straight into compliant destruction without ever leaving Tecres custody.
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Chain-of-Custody Documented
Every engagement closes with a Certificate of Destruction — full audit trail from collection through cross-cut shredding to environmentally responsible recycling.
How secured shredding works
A controlled, auditable workflow — designed so every record is accounted for from your registry to the final shredded output.
We confirm which records have reached end-of-life under your retention policy and prepare a destruction manifest for sign-off.
Records are collected in tamper-evident security bags or sealed boxes with barcoded tracking and chain-of-custody handover.
Cross-cut shredding under controlled conditions. Witnessed destruction available for highly sensitive engagements.
Certificate of Destruction issued. Shredded paper is recycled through environmentally responsible channels.
What we destroy
Vouchers, ledgers, expired audit working papers, transaction files, expired bank correspondence.
Personnel files of departed staff past retention, payroll registers, expired contracts and benefits files.
Closed case files, expired contracts, board correspondence, and legal opinions past retention.
Meter readings, dispatch notes, expired procurement files, expired customer correspondence.
Records subject to data-protection retention limits — KYC, applications, expired correspondence.
On request: hard drives, tapes, optical media — destroyed in coordination with our IT-asset partners.
Why secure destruction matters
Data protection, sector regulators, and audit standards all expect controlled, evidenced disposal of records past retention.
Casual disposal exposes you to data leakage, reputational damage, and breach of contractual confidentiality obligations.
Destroying records that have served their purpose frees up storage capacity and reduces ongoing offsite storage costs.
Pair secured shredding with our archive management service to manage your records from active use, through long-term archival, to compliant destruction — without your team ever handling the physical chain of custody.
Trusted across the lifecycle
12+
Years Operating
85+
Projects Delivered
100M+
Pages Handled Across the Lifecycle
7
Operational Cities in Nigeria
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