Identity theft can happen to dead people, but what about the ones who would be over 110 years old by now?
Do I really need to shred these or can I just toss them in the trash.
It's not going into a dumpster, it's going directly into the hopper at the town dump. Do I have to worry about these documents being found by criminals?
I would shred any important papers. Nothing done now with them will hurt you directly, but no sense giving people things to play with.
Also, criminals are lazy and it's much easier to scam through other means rather than rooting through people's garbage.
I wish I could burn them but I don't have any way to do that.
I know nowadays they say everything should be shredded. I'm 85 and in my day nothing was shredded. It was all put in the garbage or burnt. Not saying shredding isn't a good thing and necessary some times for security reasons, but I don't think this is one of those times.
also, our city has a free shredding day once every month. You can bring one or two file boxes, drop them off..
I just broke my shredder... too many papers jammed I suppose... And I hear that paper makes a good start for composting? Not sure if they meant paper with ink...
But it may be good as layer before mulch
If it were financial-related material, yes. Otherwise, you're fine tossing those old bills.