Joe,
We put our personal junk mail and other stuff in the fireplace and it simply becomes part of the kindling to start the next fire... But be careful if you stack it to tight or high, you can actually have some unburned stuff in the middle of a pack if you just do a short little burn simply to burn the paper...
At the office we shred as we go. We are on our second "micro-shredder". And to contain and get rid of all the tailings, we are buying big paper lawn-leaf bags. Those can go in the paper recycling dumpster as is and we aren't having to take out that part of the garbage twice or more a day. That was Nancy's idea. I dare anyone to put these tiny little pieces back together....
Paul
