Schedule of Ancillary Charges – A Guide to Understanding your Charges

At Shred-it, we appreciate the opportunity to serve as your trusted provider of essential Secure Information Destruction services with a commitment to continuous improvement and cost efficiency. Here you will find more information about Shred-it’s ancillary charges and surcharges. These charges are necessary to account for various internal and external factors impacting our operations. They are designed to cover Shred-it's enterprise-wide costs, plus an acceptable operating margin. These charges are subject to change.

The charges are not specifically tied to the direct or indirect costs to service a specific customer account. By contract or at Shred-it’s discretion, some customers pay nonstandard charges, or are exempt from surcharges, which does not change the aggregate amount charged to all other customers.

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
$50.00
Extra Material – Tote
$190.00
1. This is a per container fee.

Recycling Recovery Surcharge

The Recycling Recovery Surcharge applies to all document destruction services. It is designed to help Shred-it offset the impact of fluctuating commodity prices for recovered paper, which can affect recycling costs and the value of processed recyclables.

Calculation Methodology

The Recycling Recovery Surcharge is a percentage applied to your invoiced services (before taxes and surcharges) and will appear as a separate line item on your invoice. This percentage is adjusted monthly based on a national average of recovered paper commodity prices, specifically the published rates from Fastmarket RISI’s Pulp & Paper Index.

The percentage is determined using the following table:

If the price per ton of paper is between
Recycling Recovery Surcharge
$192.00 and higher
8.90%
$187.00 and $191.99
9.30%
$182.00 and $186.99
9.70%
$177.00 and $181.99
10.10%
$172.00 and $176.99
10.50%
$167.00 and $171.99
10.90%
$162.00 and $166.99
11.30%
$157.00 and $161.99
11.70%
$152.00 and $156.99
12.10%
$147.00 and $151.99
12.50%
$142.00 and $146.99
12.90%
$137.00 and $141.99
13.40%
$132.00 and $136.99
13.90%
$127.00 and $131.99
14.40%
$122.00 and $126.99
14.90%
$117.00 and $121.99
15.50%
$112.00 and $116.99
16.10%
$107.00 and $111.99
16.70%
$102.00 and $106.99
17.30%
$97.00 and $101.99
18.00%
$92.00 and $96.99
18.70%
$87.00 and $91.99
19.40%
$82.00 and $86.99
20.10%
$77.00 and $81.99
20.90%
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Calculation Example

If your invoice subtotal is $100, and the published rates from Fastmarket RISI’s Pulp & Paper Index is $172/ton, the Recycling Recovery Surcharge would be 10.5% based on the table above.

It is calculated as follows:
Invoice Subtotal: $100.00
Recycling Recovery Surcharge: $10.50 (10.5% * $100 = $10.50)
Subtotal Before Taxes and Surcharges: $110.50 + applicable surcharges and taxes

Fuel Surcharge

The Fuel Surcharge is a variable charge that helps Shred-it manage the impact of fluctuating fuel costs. This surcharge adjusts monthly, becoming effective the first business day of each month. It is based on the National U.S. Average ‘On Highway’ Diesel Fuel Price reported by the U.S. Department of Energy for the preceding month. The prices on these indexes are published by the U.S. Department of Energy and Shred-it is not responsible for the information provided by the Department.

Calculation Methodology

The Fuel Surcharge is applied as a percentage to your invoiced services (before taxes and surcharges) and will appear as a separate line item on your invoice. The percentage is adjusted monthly based on the following index-based table:

If the price per gallon of fuel is between
Offsite Service Fuel Surcharge
Onsite Service Fuel Surcharge*
$ 0.00 and $ 2.303
2.5%
4.5%
$ 2.304 and $ 2.373
3.0%
5.0%
$ 2.374 and $ 2.443
3.5%
5.5%
$ 2.444 and $ 2.513
4.0%
6.0%
$ 2.514 and $ 2.583
4.5%
6.5%
$ 2.584 and $ 2.653
5.0%
7.0%
$ 2.654 and $ 2.723
5.5%
7.5%
$ 2.724 and $ 2.793
6.0%
8.0%
$ 2.794 and $ 2.863
6.5%
8.5%
$ 2.864 and $ 2.933
7.0%
9.0%
$ 2.934 and $ 3.003
7.5%
9.5%
$ 3.004 and $ 3.073
8.0%
10.0%
$ 3.074 and $ 3.143
8.5%
10.5%
$ 3.144 and $ 3.213
9.0%
11.0%
$ 3.214 and $ 3.283
9.5%
11.5%
$ 3.284 and $ 3.353
10.0%
12.0%
$ 3.354 and $ 3.423
10.5%
12.5%
$ 3.424 and $ 3.493
11.0%
13.0%
$ 3.494 and $ 3.563
11.5%
13.5%
$ 3.564 and $ 3.633
12.0%
14.0%
$ 3.634 and $ 3.703
12.5%
14.5%
$ 3.704 and $ 3.773
13.0%
15.0%
$ 3.774 and $ 3.843
13.5%
15.5%
$ 3.844 and $ 3.913
14.0%
16.0%
$ 3.914 and $ 3.983
14.5%
16.5%
$ 3.984 and $ 4.053
15.0%
17.0%
$ 4.054 and $ 4.123
15.5%
17.5%
$ 4.124 and $ 4.193
16.0%
18.0%
$ 4.194 and $ 4.263
16.5%
18.5%
$ 4.264 and $ 4.333
17.0%
19.0%
$ 4.334 and $ 4.403
17.5%
19.5%
$ 4.404 and $ 4.473
18.0%
20.0%
$ 4.474 and $ 4.543
18.5%
20.5%
$ 4.544 and $ 4.613
19.0%
21.0%
$ 4.614 and $ 4.683
19.5%
21.5%
$ 4.684 and $ 4.753
20.0%
22.0%
$ 4.754 and $ 4.823
20.5%
22.5%
$ 4.824 and $ 4.893
21.0%
23.0%
$ 4.894 and $ 4.963
21.5%
23.5%
...
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...

... For every +/- $0.07 change in price per gallon of fuel, the fuel surcharge rate changes by 0.5% respectively.
* Shred-it trucks used to render onsite destruction services consume significantly more fuel than trucks used for offsite services.

Calculation example:

If your invoice subtotal is $100, and the U.S. National Weekly Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices is $3.75/U.S. gallon, the  Offsite Fuel Surcharge  would be 13.0% (15.0% for  Onsite Service) based on the table above.

It is calculated as follows:
Invoice Subtotal: $100.00
Fuel Surcharge: $13.00 (13.0% * $100 = $13.00)
Subtotal Before Taxes and Surcharges: $113.00 + applicable surcharges and taxes

Environmental Surcharge

Shred-it applies a flat Environmental Surcharge to help address the operational costs associated with environmental compliance in providing our services. This is a flat 4% charge applied to your invoiced services (before taxes and surcharges) and will appear as a separate line item on your invoice.

Calculation example:

If your invoice subtotal is $100, it is calculated as follows:
Invoice Subtotal: $100.00
Environmental Surcharge: $4.00 (4.0% * $100 = $4.00)
Subtotal Before Taxes and Surcharges: $104.00 + applicable surcharges and taxes

Combined surcharges calculation example:

If your invoice subtotal is $100, total surcharges would be calculated as follows:
Invoice Subtotal: $100.00
Recycling Recovery Surcharge: $10.50 (10.5% * $100 = $10.50)
Fuel Surcharge: $13.00 (13.0% * $100 = $13.00)

Environmental Surcharge: $4.00 (4.0% * $100 = $4.00)
Subtotal Before Taxes: $127.50 ($100+$10.50+$13.00+$4.00) + applicable taxes