Why Destroy Certain Products
Product Destruction Companies of America was formed for the purpose of promoting document destruction. The founders include David Murray, a long-time consultant and services provider to this industry.
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Security of In-house Destruction
Your internal personnel should not be responsible for destroying certain products. Imagine your employee is destroying a recalled item, which that employee could sell at a flea market, eBay or Craigslist for $50? That is a great temptation for any (disgruntled) employee who considers themselves to be underpaid.
Imagine a large bag in which you sell your product. Suppose the sales price of that bag filled with your product is $25. If the crook gets the bags and sells it at the flea market for $10 each. Now imagine what that bag is filled with. Now image who is liable for the inferior or even dangerous product in the bag?
Imagine you have a recalled product, such as a bike helmet (or something that can hurt children). Your liability is huge. The lawsuits for such products have bankrupted some companies. Imagine the product flaw is not noticeable. Imagine the product flaw is not common knowledge of your basic employees. Now imagine their temptation to take the product out of the dumpster and resell the product. You don't want to bet your companies future on the good nature of your employees.
Limit Your Liability
By the simple act of discarding products in the trash, the court system holds that the products are NOT valuable to you and therefore the court system will not support the protection of your ownership of those products. If the products are taken from a normally accessible dumpster, the court will not punish the dumpster diver for the simple act of taking the data.
The products which needs protection through destruction and could be in your trash now includes:
