All businesses produce different types of confidential waste, all of which could be extremely costly if they ever fell into the wrong hands.

Some examples of these confidential materials include:

• Customer lists
• Financial records
• Computer printouts
• Medical records
• Personnel files
• Sales statistics
• Account records
• Legal documents
• Advertising misprints
• Cancelled cheques
• Tax records
• Invoices
• Price lists
• New product proposals
• Correspondence and memos
• Credit card receipts
• Inventory lists
• Outdated business records
• Competitive information