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
$70.00
Extra Material – Tote
$262.00
1. This is a per container fee.

Recycling Recovery Surcharge

The Recycling Recovery Surcharge is applicable to document destruction services. This surcharge allows Stericycle to 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.

Recycling Recovery Surcharge calculation methodology

The surcharge is based on a percentage of invoiced document destruction services and is applied to your invoice subtotal before taxes. 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. This surcharge appears on the invoice as a separate line item.

Effective March 1, 2023, the percentage will be determined using the following table:

If the price per ton of paper is between
Recycling Recovery Surcharge
$192.00 and higher
4.45%
$187.00 and $191.99
4.65%
$182.00 and $186.99
4.85%
$177.00 and $181.99
5.05%
$172.00 and $176.99
5.25%
$167.00 and $171.99
5.45%
$162.00 and $166.99
5.65%
$157.00 and $161.99
5.85%
$152.00 and $156.99
6.05%
$147.00 and $151.99
6.25%
$142.00 and $146.99
6.45%
$137.00 and $141.99
6.75%
$132.00 and $136.99
6.95%
$127.00 and $131.99
7.25%
$122.00 and $126.99
7.45%
$117.00 and $121.99
7.75%
$112.00 and $116.99
8.05%
$107.00 and $111.99
8.35%
$102.00 and $106.99
8.65%
$97.00 and $101.99
9.05%
$92.00 and $96.99
9.35%
$87.00 and $91.99
9.75%
$82.00 and $86.99
10.05%
$77.00 and $81.99
10.45%
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Fuel and Environmental Surcharge

Effective January 2008, Shred-it implemented a fuel surcharge that is adjusted monthly based on the Weekly Retail Diesel Pump Price Survey. Shred-it’s fuel surcharge in Canada is indexed to Kent Group (formerly MJ Ervin and Associates)* a company that monitors diesel prices weekly in approximately 65 different Canadian cities.

Fuel and Environmental Surcharge calculation methodology*

Calculation of the fuel surcharge is based on two main factors, the invoice subtotal before taxes and the current price per litre of fuel. Based on the price per litre of fuel, a fuel surcharge percentage is applied to your invoice subtotal before taxes.

The percentage is determined using the following table:

If the price per litre of fuel is between
Your fuel surcharge will be^
$ 0.00 and $ 0.760
2.0%
$ 0.761 and $ 0.780
2.5%
$ 0.781 and $ 0.800
3.0%
$ 0.801 and $ 0.820
3.5%
$ 0.821 and $ 0.840
4.0%
$ 0.841 and $ 0.860
4.50%
$ 0.861 and $ 0.880
5.0%
$ 0.881 and $ 0.900
5.5%
$ 0.901 and $ 0.920
6.0%
$ 0.921 and $ 0.940
6.5%
$ 0.941 and $ 0.960
7.0%
$ 0.961 and $ 0.980
7.5%
$ 0.981 and $ 1.000
8.0%
$ 1.001 and $ 1.020
8.5%
$ 1.021 and $ 1.040
9.0%
$ 1.041 and $ 1.060
9.5%
$ 1.061 and $ 1.080
10%
$ 1.081 and $ 1.100
10.5%
$ 1.101 and $ 1.120
11.0%
$ 1.121 and $ 1.140
11.5%
$ 1.141 and $ 1.160
12%
$ 1.161 and $ 1.180
12.5%
$ 1.181 and $ 1.200
13.0%
$ 1.201 and $ 1.220
13.5%
$ 1.221 and $ 1.240
14%
$ 1.241 and $ 1.260
14.5%
$ 1.261 and $ 1.280
15.0%
$ 1.281 and $ 1.300
15.5%
$ 1.301 and $ 1.320
16%
$ 1.321 and $ 1.340
16.5%
$ 1.341 and $ 1.360
17%
$ 1.361 and $ 1.380
17.5%
$ 1.381 and $ 1.400
18%
$ 1.401 and $ 1.420
18.5%
$ 1.421 and $ 1.440
19%
$ 1.441 and $ 1.460
19.5%
$ 1.461 and $ 1.480
20%
$ 1.481 and $ 1.500
20.5%
$ 1.501 and $ 1.520
21%
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*The Environmental Surcharge is calculated at 4% of the invoice sub-total and is in addition to the Fuel Surcharge.
^For every +/- $0.02 change in price per litre of fuel, the fuel surcharge rate changes by 0.5% respectively.

Calculation example:

If your invoice subtotal is $100, and the 4-week average Weekly Retail Diesel Pump Price is $1.40 / litre, the surcharge would be 18.0% based on the table above.

It is calculated as follows:
Invoice subtotal  $100.00
Fuel surcharge  $18.00 (18.0% * $100 = $18.00)
Environmental Surcharge $4.00 (4.0% * 100 = $4.00)
Subtotal before taxes  $122.00 + applicable taxes

Please note: Due to the timing of fuel surcharge calculations, there may be a small profit made by the company on the fuel surcharge.