OfficeMax and information security company Shred-it have announced a joint partnership to provide a new, convenient secure document destruction service to consumers and small businesses.

Beginning in January, OfficeMax will offer the Shred-it document destruction program at nearly all of the company's more than 1,000 stores in the US as part of its OfficeMax ImPress suite of in-store print and document services.

Under the new program, OfficeMax customers will be able to bring unneeded confidential documents for secure destruction to any OfficeMax ImPress counter. Shred-it will provide on-site locked security consoles that will safely store the materials to ensure privacy.