AIBU to not chuck it all in the rubbish?

[bananafish]

I had a clear out of old papers, payslips, bank statements - all that stuff.

It’s now bagged up and I’m no sure what to do with it.

DH wants to let the bin men take it away. I’m slightly worried about sensitive papers and ID theft. But is that a reasonable worry? It’s just going into landfill, right?

So, AIBU - yes it’ll be fine; what’s the worst that can happen?
YANBU - someone will be empty your bank account before you can blink

We have people looking through our bins for this sort of stuff. I’d shred / burn / remove identifying info.

Contact a document management company (iron mountain, recall, loads of them just google) find a local one ask them to dispose of it securely. It won't cost much.

Get a shredder or burn it.

Shredder! They aren't expensive.

If you don't want shred it you can stick it in a tub of hot soapy water and it'll fall to bits.

Do you have a space where you can burn it?

If not, keep it back and shred it in stages.

Shred it. Just go down to Argos and get a cheap shredder, then you can put it in the recycling afterwards.

Our local shredding company is about £6 for a big bag. It would take a very long time to shred that yourself in a small home shredder as it would keep overheating.

Be aware that not all LA accept shredded paper. Ours doesn't.

Can you or your husband take it to work and shred it there?

Compost

Shred and, if your council don’t accept it for recycling, compost bin or bury it to rot down.

If it is of any use to you, I know people who use shredded paper as pet bedding (hamsters, guinea pigs).
I had a lot of similar stuff recently, so I tore off my name, address and account details and burned them in the kitchen sink. Tore the rest of it into two or three pieces, and put it in the recycling.

Rip it up , mash it down in hot water , dry it and bin it . Costs nothing.

It would take a very long time to shred that yourself in a small home shredder as it would keep overheating.

You can get shredders that you turn by hand, although it would be tiring. I would pay for a shredding company, they turn up and shred it on site.

Please don't burn it, think of the crap in the air.

Take it to your local Household Waste Recycling Center.

could you shred just things like name, NI no , address and account number, if you just tear off that bit there is less to deal with

Hand operated shredder (there are others on the market) www.amazon.co.uk/Manual-Shredder-Office-School-Optional/dp/B077RVV9QS?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Maybe not for the OPs large quantity of paper, but someone else might find it useful.

soak them in hot soapy water,its goes to mush

dry it out and it will be a hard ball

either bin it or take it up a skip

I just chuck ours

Take it to the tip.

Why landfill and not recycling?

Because you put it in the skip yourself and it will be submerged in minutes.

We use the chimenea in the garden and burn it. Faster than shredding

TAKESNOSHITSHIRLEY

Oh good call! I'm doing this from now on.