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OUR MISSION

We destroy paper
to build people.

"We're not a shredder that hires people with disabilities.
We're a training program that runs a real shredding business."

The Arc of Hilo has served adults with disabilities on the Big Island since 1954 — advocating, supporting, and creating pathways to independence. But advocacy only goes so far. What our community needed was work. Real jobs. Real paychecks. Real dignity.

Shredding came to us as the perfect fit. It's structured. It's teachable. It rewards attention to detail. And the demand is everywhere — every medical office, every law firm, every small business on this island has paper they can't afford to keep or carelessly throw away.

So we built DocuShred. Not a charity. A business. A good business, with certified destruction, compliance, real equipment, and real weights. And a team of trainees turning up every shift to weigh bins, run the shredders, and do good work.

The paper comes in. The paper goes out — pulped, recycled, reborn as something new. Same goes for the people we employ.

Every dollar has two jobs.
OUR VALUES

The five we operate by.

  1. 01

    Dignity, not charity.

    Our workers earn wages, not gratitude. Hiring DocuShred is a normal business decision, not a favor.

  2. 02

    Security is the floor, not the ceiling.

    HIPAA and FINRA — the compliance is assumed. What sets us apart is the people handling the paper.

  3. 03

    Transparency is a feature.

    You know who shredded your paper. You see the weight. You get the certificate. Nothing is hidden.

  4. 04

    Local before scale.

    We're Hilo-made, Big Island-served. No outsourcing, no mainland processing. Your paper stays on the island until it's pulp.

  5. 05

    Pride in the work.

    Shredding is skilled work. Our workers take pride in doing it well — and our receipts prove it.

THE HANDS THAT HANDLE YOUR PAPER

Meet the shredders.

Every shipment we handle is part of a documented chain of custody, with a named team member tied to it. Radical transparency isn't a marketing line — it's how we operate. We'll add real portraits here as our team grows.

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Your team

Photos coming soon

Real faces. Real names. Real shifts behind every shred.

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Every worker

Part of your chain of custody

"Your Q3 files were handled by Marcus."

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Trained, proud

Arc of Hilo trainees

Shredding is skilled work. We take pride in it.

The full story behind our mission
READY WHEN YOU ARE

Every shred
builds a life.

Starting with yours. Hire us, drop off a box, or just say hello. Your paper is waiting.

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