What are the Different Types of Paper Shredders?
Once considered a handy tool around the office, paper shredders are now often used in the home as well. A paper shredder is a device that makes it possible to render paper documents unusable by shredding the paper into streams of confetti or into small diamond shaped pieces. The first paper shredders were handheld devices that resembled a pair of scissors equipped with flat blades that would cut a document into strips. Over time, electric powered paper shredders were designed to handle all sorts of shredding functions. Here are some examples. A basic strip-cut shredder is one of the less expensive models on the market today. Paper shredders of this type make use of a series of rotating blades to turn the paper into a series of long narrow strips. Many light duty models of this type work well for general shredding at home. However, since strip-cut shredders produce strips that could be reassembled by someone determined to do so, they are not usually considered a good option for a securi
