METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DESTROYING CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

A method for destroying confidential documents, including the steps of a) keeping one or more confidential documents in a container, b) identifying the container, c) storing identification data relating to the container in question in an electronic data system, d) establishing the identity of one or more containers, e) comparing the identity as established in step d) with the data from the electronic data system of step c), and f) destroying the containers if the identity of the container in question as established in step d) corresponds to the identification data of the container in question from the electronic data system as stored in step c).