You don’t need a car to shred in Somerville. We come to you.
Somerville is one of the most densely populated cities in New England — and one where many residents and small businesses don’t own a vehicle. That’s why we lead with pickup: our off-site pickup service comes to your Davis Square apartment, your Union Square office, or your Assembly Row business with a locked vehicle, documented chain of custody, and a notarized Certificate of Destruction by email within 24 hours. Or, if you drive, drop off at our Tewksbury facility at 99¢/lb. Either way: BBB A+ since 2007. Zero data breaches. The price we quote is the price you pay.
We Come to You
Best for Somerville residents and businesses without a vehicle. We pick up from your apartment, condo, office, or business. Flat transport fee confirmed before we book.
Drop Off in Tewksbury
~30 min via I-93 North. No appointment, Mon–Fri 10AM–5PM. Staff help you unload. Best mid-morning or early afternoon to avoid I-93 rush hour congestion.
Dense city living creates real shredding challenges. Here is how we solve them.
Loading banker boxes into an elevator, down to a lobby, and into a rideshare is not realistic for most Somerville residents. Neither is parking a truck on a narrow East Somerville street or carrying files down three flights of stairs in Winter Hill. Our pickup process is designed around urban reality, not suburban convenience.
Call or book online — same-day quoting
Tell us your Somerville address and approximate volume. We give you a flat transport fee immediately — confirmed in writing before we schedule. No obligation, no pressure.
We handle the logistics at your building
Our background-checked drivers come to your building, help carry materials out, load them into a locked vehicle, and complete a signed chain-of-custody intake record on-site before departing.
Industrial shredding at our Tewksbury facility
Everything goes to our certified shredding facility the same day. All records are reduced to particles that cannot be reconstructed by any method.
Notarized Certificate of Destruction by email within 24 hours
Your notarized Certificate of Destruction arrives as a PDF. File it with your compliance records, your HIPAA BAA documentation, or keep it for your own peace of mind.
We serve every corner of Somerville — here is what each area typically needs
Tech startups, architecture firms, and creative agencies with IP-sensitive documents, employment records, and client files past their retention period. IT asset disposal for end-of-life hardware.
One of the highest concentrations of private therapy practices in Greater Boston — all with HIPAA PHI disposal obligations, BAA requirements, and 42 CFR Part 2 protections for behavioral health records.
Large-footprint offices and retail operations with ongoing HR records, customer data, and financial documents requiring scheduled recurring destruction service under MA 201 CMR 17.
Dense multi-family housing with frequent resident turnover and estate clearances. Drop-off is practical for small residential volumes at 99¢/lb. Pickup is ideal for full-apartment cleanouts before a move.
Service businesses, contractors, and tradespeople with customer records, financial files, and employment documentation requiring annual purges. MA 201 CMR 17 covers all of it.
Tufts University spans the Somerville/Medford border. Student records, research documentation, and institutional files fall under FERPA and Massachusetts 603 CMR 23.00 disposal obligations.
Three distinct communities — three distinct shredding needs
Somerville’s combination of a high-density residential population, a thriving innovation economy, and an unusually concentrated healthcare and mental health sector means its shredding obligations are more varied per square mile than almost any other city in Massachusetts.
Somerville’s high-density, high-turnover residential population creates two recurring shredding moments: moving out and estate clearance. Both generate significant volumes of accumulated personal records — tax returns, bank statements, medical correspondence, old financial accounts — that identity thieves specifically target during the chaos of a move or estate settlement. Massachusetts 201 CMR 17 applies to residents too.
Pickup is usually the most practical option from a Somerville apartment. For small personal volumes, drop-off at 99¢/lb in Tewksbury is the lowest-cost certified option available in Greater Boston. Our guide to what to shred helps you decide what goes before you move.
Somerville’s startup corridor — from Union Square’s creative tech scene through Assembly Row’s corporate tenants to the Tufts research community — generates records with compliance obligations that home shredders and retail drop-boxes cannot satisfy. Proprietary research documentation, client contracts, and employee records all carry specific retention and destruction requirements under Massachusetts 201 CMR 17 and applicable federal frameworks.
Our IT asset disposal service handles end-of-life hardware with a serial-number Certificate of Destruction. Scheduled recurring service keeps ongoing compliance without managing a shredding program internally.
Davis Square and surrounding Somerville neighborhoods have an unusually high concentration of private therapy practices, counselors, and mental health providers. Every one of them maintains PHI — psychotherapy notes, treatment records, billing information — that carries both standard HIPAA disposal requirements and the heightened protections of 42 CFR Part 2 for substance use treatment records. A Business Associate Agreement is required before we handle any PHI.
Our HIPAA-certified medical shredding service includes a signed BAA before any PHI changes hands, a $14.95 HIPAA compliance filing, and a notarized Certificate of Destruction documenting chain of custody and method of destruction — exactly what a HIPAA OCR inquiry asks for first.
“Do I need a BAA to use your shredding service?” — Yes. Here’s why, and how we handle it.
Under HIPAA, a shredding vendor handling PHI is a Business Associate under 45 CFR §164.502(e). Using a shredding service without a signed BAA is itself a HIPAA violation — regardless of whether the records are successfully destroyed. Our Business Associate Agreement is available on written request at no additional cost and satisfies the requirements of 45 CFR §164.504(e). It covers our obligations for the duration of any shredding engagement.
Psychotherapy notes and substance use treatment records under 42 CFR Part 2 carry heightened confidentiality requirements beyond standard HIPAA. We treat all PHI categories with the same certified destruction process and the same notarized Certificate of Destruction. Call (978) 636-0301 to arrange your BAA before scheduling any medical shredding pickup from your Somerville practice.
Every service Somerville needs — one published rate
Somerville Pickup — No Car Needed
We come to your apartment, condo, or office anywhere in Somerville. Locked vehicle, chain of custody, flat transport fee confirmed before we book.
flat, confirmed first
Drop-Off in Tewksbury
~30 min via I-93 North. Mon–Fri 10AM–5PM, no appointment, no minimum. Best mid-morning or early afternoon to avoid rush hour.
no transport fee
HIPAA & Mental Health Records
BAA on written request, same day. $14.95 HIPAA filing. Notarized CoD for all Somerville healthcare and therapy practices. 42 CFR Part 2 aware.
HIPAA filing
IT Asset & Hard Drive Destruction
Physical destruction per device. Serial-number CoD for NIST 800-88 compliance. Startup and research IT refreshes handled in a single pickup visit.
Scheduled Recurring Service
Locked consoles, regular pickup, notarized CoD every visit. Ideal for Assembly Row offices, Union Square startups, and recurring business accounts.
Annual Purge & Estate Clearance
Any volume, single visit. Flat rate in writing before we arrive. Moving cleanouts, estate clearances, and apartment transitions all handled.
Somerville to Tewksbury — ~30 minutes on I-93 North (avoid rush hour)
Our facility at 1215 Main St, Unit 115 in Tewksbury is approximately 30 minutes from Somerville via I-93 North under normal traffic. I-93 through Somerville and Medford is one of the most congested corridors in Massachusetts during morning and evening rush hours. A mid-morning or early afternoon trip makes the drive noticeably easier.
Free parking directly in front of Unit 115. No appointment needed for drop-off shredding. Walk in any weekday between 10AM and 5PM. If the drive doesn’t work, pickup comes to your Somerville address at the same 99¢/lb rate.
I-93 North from Somerville toward Medford experiences significant morning inbound congestion (7–9AM) and evening outbound congestion (4–7PM). Plan a 10AM–noon or 1–3PM drop-off for the most predictable 30-minute drive. Saturday morning also works well — call ahead to confirm weekend drop-off availability.
Somerville’s compliance obligations — more complex than most residents realize
The combination of densely located healthcare practices, a thriving startup and research economy, and a large residential population means Somerville carries a wider range of disposal obligations per square mile than almost any other Massachusetts city. Massachusetts 201 CMR 17 covers every organization — including sole proprietors and home-based professionals — that maintains personal information about Massachusetts residents.
Davis Square & Somerville Healthcare
45 CFR §164.530(c) requires PHI to be unreadable and unrecoverable. Notarized CoD and BAA for every healthcare engagement. 42 CFR Part 2 behavioral health records handled. HIPAA service.
Tufts University & Somerville Schools
FERPA and Massachusetts 603 CMR 23.00 govern student record disposal. Notarized CoD satisfies the DESE documentation standard. Electronic media per-device CoD issued. FERPA guide.
Every Somerville Business & Professional
Covers home offices, sole proprietors, startups, and all organizations maintaining personal information about Massachusetts residents. Notarized CoD is the accepted evidence. MA guide.
Financial Consultants & Tax Preparers
FTC Safeguards Rule covers every financial professional — including solo practitioners. Notarized CoD satisfies documentation requirements for any FTC inquiry. CPA guide.
“I had a garage full of old business records and called three shredding companies. The other two quoted me triple the price. Neighborhood Parcel was straightforward — clear pricing, showed up on time, and the notarized Certificate of Destruction was in my email the same afternoon. Should have called them first.”
What Somerville residents and businesses ask us most
Yes — that is exactly what the pickup service is for. Call (978) 636-0301 with your Somerville address and approximate volume. We give you a flat transport fee immediately, confirmed in writing before we schedule. Our drivers come to your building, help carry materials out, and transport everything in a locked vehicle under documented chain of custody to our Tewksbury facility. Your notarized Certificate of Destruction is emailed within 24 hours. Many of our Somerville clients never need to leave their building.
Moving is one of the most important times to shred — documents you carry to your next home become documents you have to deal with at that address. Two options for Somerville: if you have a car and are making a trip toward I-93 North before moving day, drop-off at our Tewksbury facility is 99¢/lb with no appointment. If you don’t have a car or are mid-move, book a pickup and we come to you. Either way, our guide to what documents to shred helps you sort what to take, what to destroy, and what to keep before boxes are packed. Plan the shredding before the packing — it is much easier.
A signed Business Associate Agreement before any PHI changes hands. Under HIPAA, using a shredding vendor without a BAA is itself a HIPAA violation — regardless of whether the records are successfully destroyed. Our BAA is available on written request at no additional cost and satisfies the requirements of 45 CFR §164.504(e). Once your BAA is in place, we book the pickup, come to your practice, collect all PHI in locked containers, transport it to our Tewksbury facility, and email you a notarized Certificate of Destruction within 24 hours. A $14.95 HIPAA compliance filing applies per engagement. Call (978) 636-0301 and we will have your BAA to you before we schedule any pickup.
Yes. We handle both paper records and electronic media in a single pickup visit. Paper records are shredded at our Tewksbury facility at 99¢/lb. Hard drives, SSDs, laptops, backup tapes, and USB drives are physically destroyed at a quoted rate by device type — each listed individually by serial number on the Certificate of Destruction. This serial-number device-level traceability is what NIST 800-88 and DFARS audits require for controlled unclassified information. Call (978) 636-0301 with your device count and paper volume and we will quote both in a single flat-rate pickup estimate before you commit.
The shredding cost is 99¢ per pound regardless of whether you drop off or book a pickup. A standard banker’s box weighs approximately 20 to 25 pounds — $20–$25 per box. A shopping bag of personal records runs $8–$12. For pickup from Somerville, a flat transport fee is added on top of the per-pound shredding cost and is confirmed in writing before we schedule — call (978) 636-0301 for an exact Somerville transport quote based on your address and volume. All rates are posted on our rates page and the price we quote is the price on your invoice.
No car required. We come to your Davis Square, Union Square, Assembly Row, or East Somerville address.
Pickup at your Somerville location at 99¢/lb plus a flat transport fee confirmed before we book. Or drop off in Tewksbury, 30 minutes on I-93 North. Notarized Certificate of Destruction every job. BBB A+ since 2007.