In any event, law or no law, consumer advocates say it's important for all of us to protect ourselves from identity theft, and having a shredder is a significant step in that direction.
If the shredder runs in reverse but not forward you usually have a bad on/off/rev switch or circuit board. We recommend replacing these as a set. If you have power, but no activity at the motor, ...
Throat The opening where you feed the paper into the shredder needs to be large enough to accommodate the size of paper you typically shred. An 8.75 or 9 inch throat handles unfolded letter size ...