Schedule of Ancillary Charges

Shred-it appreciates the opportunity to provide its customers with essential Secure Information Destruction services. As a trusted partner, Shred-it is committed to continuous improvement programs dedicated to controlling our costs to provide our customers with the high-quality service they expect.

Here you will find more information about Shred-it’s ancillary charges. These are driven by various internal and external factors that impact our business.

Ancillary Charge
Fee ($)
Key Delivery
$50.00
Container Retrieval Fee
$75.00¹
Office Relocation
$150.00
Cardboard Recycling
$10.00
Box Return
$100.00
On-demand Pick-up
$50.00
Metro Charge
$5.00-10.00
Container Replacement
Cost of a New Container
Extra Material – Box
$12.00
Extra Material – Tote
$93.00
1. This is a per container fee.

Recycling Recovery Surcharge

The Recycling Recovery Surcharge is applicable to document destruction services. This surcharge helps Shred-it maintain acceptable operating margins in the face of recycling cost increases and/or processed recyclable decreases and varies based on commodity prices in the market.

Calculation Methodology

The Recycling Recovery Surcharge is a percentage applied to your invoiced services before taxes and appears on the invoice as a separate line item. The percentage varies based on a national average of recovered paper commodity prices and adjusts monthly per published rates from Fastmarket RISI’s Pulp & Paper Index.

The percentage is determined using the following table:

If the price per ton of paper is between
Recycling Recovery Surcharge
$192.00 and higher
8.90%
$187.00 and $191.99
9.30%
$182.00 and $186.99
9.70%
$177.00 and $181.99
10.10%
$172.00 and $176.99
10.50%
$167.00 and $171.99
10.90%
$162.00 and $166.99
11.30%
$157.00 and $161.99
11.70%
$152.00 and $156.99
12.10%
$147.00 and $151.99
12.50%
$142.00 and $146.99
12.90%
$137.00 and $141.99
13.40%
$132.00 and $136.99
13.90%
$127.00 and $131.99
14.40%
$122.00 and $126.99
14.90%
$117.00 and $121.99
15.50%
$112.00 and $116.99
16.10%
$107.00 and $111.99
16.70%
$102.00 and $106.99
17.30%
$97.00 and $101.99
18.00%
$92.00 and $96.99
18.70%
$87.00 and $91.99
19.40%
$82.00 and $86.99
20.10%
$77.00 and $81.99
20.90%
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Calculation Example

If your invoice subtotal is $100, and the published rates from Fastmarket RISI’s Pulp & Paper Index is $172/ton, the Recycling Recovery Surcharge would be 10.5% based on the table above.

It is calculated as follows:
Invoice Subtotal: $100.00
Recycling Recovery Surcharge: $10.50 (10.5% * $100 = $10.50)
Subtotal Before Taxes: $110.50 + applicable surcharges and taxes

Fuel Surcharge

The Fuel Surcharge is a percentage applied to invoiced services before taxes and appears on the invoice as a separate line item. Shred-it uses an index-based surcharge that is adjusted monthly based on the table below. Shred-it may profit from the fuel surcharge.

Changes to the surcharge will be effective the first business day of each month. The fuel surcharge is based on the National U.S. Average ‘On Highway’ Diesel Fuel Price reported by the U.S. Department of Energy for the month prior to the adjustment. The prices on these indexes are published by the U.S. Dept. of Energy and Shred-it is not responsible for the information provided.

If the price per gallon of fuel is between
Offsite Service Fuel Surcharge
Onsite Service Fuel Surcharge*
$ 0.00 and $ 2.303
2.5%
4.5%
$ 2.304 and $ 2.373
3.0%
5.0%
$ 2.374 and $ 2.443
3.5%
5.5%
$ 2.444 and $ 2.513
4.0%
6.0%
$ 2.514 and $ 2.583
4.5%
6.5%
$ 2.584 and $ 2.653
5.0%
7.0%
$ 2.654 and $ 2.723
5.5%
7.5%
$ 2.724 and $ 2.793
6.0%
8.0%
$ 2.794 and $ 2.863
6.5%
8.5%
$ 2.864 and $ 2.933
7.0%
9.0%
$ 2.934 and $ 3.003
7.5%
9.5%
$ 3.004 and $ 3.073
8.0%
10.0%
$ 3.074 and $ 3.143
8.5%
10.5%
$ 3.144 and $ 3.213
9.0%
11.0%
$ 3.214 and $ 3.283
9.5%
11.5%
$ 3.284 and $ 3.353
10.0%
12.0%
$ 3.354 and $ 3.423
10.5%
12.5%
$ 3.424 and $ 3.493
11.0%
13.0%
$ 3.494 and $ 3.563
11.5%
13.5%
$ 3.564 and $ 3.633
12.0%
14.0%
$ 3.634 and $ 3.703
12.5%
14.5%
$ 3.704 and $ 3.773
13.0%
15.0%
$ 3.774 and $ 3.843
13.5%
15.5%
$ 3.844 and $ 3.913
14.0%
16.0%
$ 3.914 and $ 3.983
14.5%
16.5%
$ 3.984 and $ 4.053
15.0%
17.0%
$ 4.054 and $ 4.123
15.5%
17.5%
$ 4.124 and $ 4.193
16.0%
18.0%
$ 4.194 and $ 4.263
16.5%
18.5%
$ 4.264 and $ 4.333
17.0%
19.0%
$ 4.334 and $ 4.403
17.5%
19.5%
$ 4.404 and $ 4.473
18.0%
20.0%
$ 4.474 and $ 4.543
18.5%
20.5%
$ 4.544 and $ 4.613
19.0%
21.0%
$ 4.614 and $ 4.683
19.5%
21.5%
$ 4.684 and $ 4.753
20.0%
22.0%
$ 4.754 and $ 4.823
20.5%
22.5%
$ 4.824 and $ 4.893
21.0%
23.0%
$ 4.894 and $ 4.963
21.5%
23.5%
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... For every +/- $0.07 change in price per gallon of fuel, the fuel surcharge rate changes by 0.5% respectively.
* Shred-it trucks used to render onsite destruction services consume significantly more fuel than trucks used for offsite services.

Calculation example:

If your invoice subtotal is $100, and the U.S. National Weekly Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices is $3.75/U.S. gallon, the Offsite Fuel Surcharge would be 13.0% (15.0% for Onsite Service) based on the table above.

It is calculated as follows:
Invoice Subtotal: $100.00
Fuel Surcharge: $13.00 (13.0% * $100 = $13.00)
Subtotal Before Taxes: $113.00 + applicable surcharges and taxes

Environmental Surcharge

Shred-it has implemented an Environmental Surcharge to address environmental costs. The Environmental Surcharge is a flat 4% charge applied to invoiced services before taxes and appears on the invoice as a separate line item.

Calculation example:

If your invoice subtotal is $100, it is calculated as follows:
Invoice Subtotal: $100.00
Environmental Surcharge: $4.00 (4.0% * $100 = $4.00)
Subtotal before taxes: $104.00 + applicable surcharges and taxes