Substitutes to paper shredding machines may include the following: making a new piece of paper, recycling the paper, and burning the paper.
Identity theft is a huge issue due to the increasing ability of thieves to obtain vital data from unwary victims. Thus, more and more individuals have been purchasing paper shredders for home and office use. Nevertheless, you do not need to buy these pricey gadgets since there are substitutes for keeping your information safe, and which are just as effective, too. Read this article to know some paper shredder substitutes.
Make a new piece of paper
Ditch the paper shredding machine but protect yourself from identity theft just the same by creating a new piece of paper out of your old bills and other papers that have your important information. In order to do this, begin by cutting the piece of paper into small squares, roughly an inch in size. Next, soak these pieces of paper in hot water for a couple of hours, or maybe even overnight. After which, prepare your food processor or blender and fill half of it with lukewarm water. Next, pour in the soaked pieces of paper into the food processor or blender and turn the blender on. Don’t forget to close the lid so that you do not splatter small pieces of soaked paper all over the area. Blend it until the consistency of the paper has turned mushy, or slurry. Then, put the mush into a big container and fill it with water, just enough to let the pulp disperse well. Next, get or make a frame from an old and unused photo frame and cover this tightly with a nylon stocking. Put this frame onto the basin and fill it with the mushy material. Take the frame out of the container with the pulp in it and let it dry. You may also adorn your paper with little flower petals or leaves by mixing these with the pulp.
Recycle the paper
You can simply recycle the old scraps of paper that are no longer important. There are numerous ways that you can reuse paper. For one thing, you can turn them into small notebooks that you can place next to the telephone to write down important messages. You can use them to jot down your grocery list. The uses are countless. To do this, first you need to cut away any important information, such as your social security number, bank account number, and other essential information about you. Carefully destroy these little pieces of paper that you cut away that have your information. Next, cut the remaining part of the pieces of paper into the size that you want. Just ensure that you cut the pieces of paper into the same size for each purpose, so that they will look orderly as you stack them together. Then, staple or fasten a paper fastener on top of them so that they all stay neatly together.
Burn the pieces of paper
You can also simply burn the scraps of paper you no longer need that have important information. During winter season, not only will you be able to keep warm beside a tiny fire, but you will also be properly destroying pieces of paper and safeguarding yourself from identity theft. Remember, though, that scraps of paper burn very quickly, and if you are not cautious, you could injure yourself. Just make a small fire and feed the fire 1 piece of paper at a time so that it will be very easy for you to control the flame until all the pieces of paper are gone.
With just a little imagination and determination, we can continue to keep our family and ourselves protected from identity thieves without purchasing expensive tools. Sometimes, we can even help save our planet by recycling some of our old and unused materials at home.
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