Saving all of your important documents can start to be overwhelming after a while.  While it is usually a good idea to not throw away any documents that contain sensitive information such as your bank account numbers, social security number, or credit card numbers, if you hang on to these items for too long your home will become cluttered with documents.  The truth of the matter is that you will need to get rid of these documents at some point just so that your home is not overrun with paper.  When you do decide to get rid of old papers that contain sensitive information, you will want to run these documents through a paper shredder.

Running old documents that have important information on them through a shredder is the only way to ensure that no one will be able to see your sensitive information once you throw the old paper away.  If you simply rip the paper into a few pieces someone still might be able to get a hold of your sensitive information.  However, when you run that same paper through a shredder no one will be able to piece the paper back together and obtain your sensitive information.