Website: https://richardsandrichards.com/
Richards & Richards is a secure document shredding and information destruction company based in Nashville, Tennessee. The company provides paper shredding, media and hard drive destruction, and related secure-destruction services to businesses and residential customers across Middle Tennessee. On its website it describes itself as “Nashville’s oldest and most trusted name in information destruction.” The business was founded in 1987 and operates from a facility in the Elm Hill Pike area of Nashville.
Services
Richards & Richards offers a range of secure destruction services, including:
- Business and residential paper shredding
- Regularly scheduled subscription shredding for ongoing needs
- One-time and purge shredding for periodic cleanouts
- Mobile, on-site shredding performed at the customer’s location
- Drop-off shredding for smaller volumes
- Media and hard drive destruction
- IT Asset Disposition (ITAD)
- Product destruction for branded or recalled goods
- Electronics recycling
The company also supplies shredding collection containers and Seal ‘N Shred bags so customers can accumulate sensitive material securely between pickups. Its services are organized to support recurring routes as well as single projects.
About
Founded in 1987, Richards & Richards has built its reputation around certified, compliant information destruction. The company is NAID AAA Certified, a designation issued through the shredding industry’s accreditation program, and states that it is BBB accredited and SSAE 16 compliant. It lists membership in professional organizations including MGMA, SIGMA, and ALA.
Richards & Richards serves a broad set of industries that handle sensitive records, among them technology and IT, financial institutions, educational institutions, legal services, the pharmaceutical sector, retail, human resources, healthcare, manufacturing, and real estate. The company’s positioning emphasizes chain-of-custody and regulatory compliance for organizations subject to records-protection requirements.
As a long-established local provider, Richards & Richards combines recurring route service with project-based work, allowing organizations to choose between ongoing scheduled pickups and occasional purges. The NAID AAA certification it cites is the document-destruction industry’s voluntary, audited program covering security practices, and the company pairs that with the BBB accreditation and SSAE 16 compliance noted on its site. The breadth of industries served reflects the range of regulatory frameworks, from healthcare privacy rules to financial-records requirements, that drive demand for certified destruction.
Location & Contact
Richards & Richards is located at 1741 Elm Hill Pike, Nashville, TN 37210-5717. The company can be reached by phone at 615-242-9600 and by email at [email protected]. A client ordering portal is available through the company’s website. According to its website, the company’s stated service areas in Tennessee include Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, and Mt. Juliet.
Additional Information
The website organizes information by Services, Industries, Service Areas, About, FAQs, Blog, and Contact sections, and references community shred events. The combination of NAID AAA certification, subscription and one-time options, and both paper and electronic media destruction makes the company a full-service information-destruction provider for the Nashville region. Prospective customers can request scheduled or one-time service and learn more about container options and compliance through the contact channels listed above.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (richardsandrichards.com).