This is really a discussion that needs to be had with Secure Data Recycling, if the document is a legal document for example, we suggest that you take a digital image for ease of access and place the original into storage should it be needed for a court of law.

If the document is important but has no legal bearing then perhaps that document should be shredded. After all storage space costs money.

Handling your old documents is quite a procedure but by using companies such as Secure data Recycling a lot of the hassle can be removed.