Records Management will assist in the destruction of confidential records that are stored in your department. NMU employs Marquette County Solid Waste Authority's FREE Confidential Document Destruction service to ensure privacy protected destruction. The destruction of records is offered to all departments to help with the security of those documents, open up storage space, and eliminate the time-consuming task of shredding. The boxes are shelved in a temperature-controlled environment within a facility that has restricted access.
Records that have been stored in the Records Center also need to be destroyed, periodically, once their retention period has been met. When stored records/documents have met their retention end date, your department will be contacted for approval to confidentially destroy those documents and also provide the information necessary to make that decision.
To have confidential records (that have been stored in your deparetment) destroyed:
- All documents and files will need to be sent to the Records Center in cardboard boxes. Copy paper boxes or used banker boxes work best because of their size. You will need to remove all paperclips, binder clips, 3-ring binders and plastic items (staples are okay). Do not send any forms of media, such as: floppy discs, CD's, DVD's or VHS tapes. If you need to destroy any media, please contact the Records Center for assistance.
- Fill out the two forms below.
- Warehouse Services will pick up your boxes and deliver them to the Records Center. Please complete a work request to notify the Warehouse. To notify the Records Center that you are sending boxes (whether confidential or not), please complete the form below. Don't forget to hit "submit" at the bottom of the form when you are done. Allow a few days for pickup.