Our Goal

To offer secure information destruction and consulting solutions to Humboldt County businesses and individuals while keeping our focus on convenience and exceptional customer service. We strive to make our services as specific to the needs of each individual customer as possible.

How We Got Started

Shred Aware was founded in 2009 when third-generation Humboldt native Kyle Visser recognized the need for a secure, local document destruction company in our community. He opened his business, originally called Shred Tec, in a small Arcata warehouse and began shredding documents for local businesses and individuals.

As more companies began to trust and utilize our services we quickly outgrew this first warehouse and shredding equipment. So Kyle and his wife Natalie moved operations to a building they purchased in Eureka in 2013. Now, the company is housed in a much larger warehouse and office facility on the corner of 3rd and X streets -- it’s better suited for the scale of information destruction required to service our community’s needs.

We adopted a new direction in September 2014 when we changed our name to Shred Aware and look forward to a bright future servicing the information destruction and protection needs of Humboldt County.

Shred Aware Mission Statement:

Our Mission is to offer a secure shredding and delivery solution to Humboldt County businesses and individuals in a way that enriches the lives of our customers, employees, and community. We implement this in several ways:

First, by making our services as specific to the needs of each individual customer as possible, allowing our services to be an extension of your business.

Second, we hire those with developmental disabilities for every position possible, this provides a group of qualified individuals usually excluded from work the ability to participate in our community.

Third, we engage in local vendor preference for products and services we require, with the intent to keep our money local and build lasting relationships in the community.