On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:21:03 -0000, Lobster wrote:

On 06/03/2012 15:57, Lieutenant Scott wrote:

I just put all junk mail straight in the recycling. If the binmen read
things they shouldn't, their breaking the law and it's their problem not
mine. If my bank puts too much information on my bank statements, they
shouldn't have done and they can pay for the losses.

What, really? That's like saying "I don't bother locking my front door
because if some scrote comes in and helps themselves they're breaking
the law..."

Things happening due to me discarding paperwork in the recycling are much less likely than someone breaking in. And it's easier to get banks to pay for money that's disappeared without my authorisation, than to claim money back for things gone from the house (which may have more than just monetary value).

(Actually I often forget to lock my door, and nobody has ever stolen anything. I picked a nice place to live, not some horrid town full of thieves).

If you really want it disposed of, set fire to it. You can stock up for
months then have one big go a few times a year. Far more fun, and you
have the chore less often. A steel bin (like they used to use before
wheelybins) with some air vents drilled in it lets the paper smoulder
for a nice time without bits of burnt paper flying about the garden.

Yep, I've given up on the shredder - far too slow - and incineration is
what I now do myself

For fun?

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