Document Destruction Financial Models

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Central Document Destruction Plant

Centralizes physical confidential document destruction in a physical processing workshop and receives customer jobs through collection routes or drop-off points. Customer goods remain in custody rather than becoming resale inventory.

Earns from
Completed processing unit
Sales limited by
Intake routes, processing line and turnaround space
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Mobile Shredding Truck

Dispatches its own qualified person or team to deliver physical confidential document destruction at the customer location. Tools and suitable portable equipment travel with the team; any required base workshop is retained.

Earns from
Completed visit
Sales limited by
Crew time including travel and site access
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Secure Container Collection Routes

Collects secure customer document containers on recurring routes and purchases documented destruction from a contracted secure facility. The operator controls collection and chain of custody, not an assumed owned shredding plant.

Earns from
Client service-month or secure collection
Sales limited by
Secure route capacity and contracted destruction availability
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Client-Site Destruction Team

Supplies a dedicated physical team providing physical confidential document destruction at a client-owned facility. The operator is paid for contracted coverage or delivered work; it does not automatically own the host business or its customer revenue.

Earns from
Client contract-month, billed hour or service unit
Sales limited by
Required shift coverage and agreed service levels
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Document Destruction: revenue units and capacity limits
Business typeWhat earns revenueWhat limits sales
Central Document Destruction PlantCompleted processing unitIntake routes, processing line and turnaround space
Mobile Shredding TruckCompleted visitCrew time including travel and site access
Secure Container Collection RoutesClient service-month or secure collectionSecure route capacity and contracted destruction availability
Client-Site Destruction TeamClient contract-month, billed hour or service unitRequired shift coverage and agreed service levels

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