Richard Calnon, director of human resources. “We originally had this as a cost project,” said Dr. The records’ chance at an afterlife not only saved the garrison money, but also contributed to the “Ready Garrison” efforts on becoming a greener garrison. The shredded records will eventually turn into. The team worked for four weeks sorting and loading 20 truckloads worth of paper files. The removal was part of an Army-wide push to digitize paperwork and lower the need for garrison record holding areas. The load hauled out of the Records Holding Area weighed more than 15 tons, or about the weight of 12 small cars and was removed and disposed of securely by a contracted shredding service. 15 when the last of nearly 19,200 boxes of expired records were loaded onto the truck for destruction – at relatively no cost to the government. KASIERSLAUTERN, Germany - Garrison employees at Panzer Kaserne, Germany, reached a major milestone Aug. (Photo Credit: Nicole Alberico) VIEW ORIGINAL He says this type of shredding exceeds the Army’s standard for documents that contain personally identifiable information.
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The garrison’s Chief of Administration Services Brian Raymond displays an example of the company’s shredding quality. (Photo Credit: Nicole Alberico) VIEW ORIGINAL 4 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – It took 20 truckloads to haul the nearly 600,000 pounds of paperwork out of the garrison’s Records Holding Area.
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The truck driver loads one of the 31 pallets of expired records onto the trailer. (Photo Credit: Nicole Alberico) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: Nicole Alberico) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption –Īndreas Kuehn (left) and Andreas Schork of the Record Holding Area begin hauling the final load of expired records. The records will be shredded and sold to a mill that makes toilet paper.
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Andreas Schork ensures a pallet of records destined for destruction fits onto the truck.