Paper shredder with staple and clip remover

A paper shredder comprising:

• a housing;
• cutters positioned in the housing;
• a feeder base coupled to the housing and adapted to support a stack of paper, the feeder base including a feeder slot through which paper passes for shredding in the cutters, the feeder base further including four apertures providing communication between a top surface of the feeder base and a waste area below the feeder base, each aperture positioned at a different corner of the feeder base and each aperture being completely surrounded by the feeder base so as to be separated from each of the other apertures;
• and
• each aperture having an edge defining at least a portion of the respective aperture and oriented at an angle oblique to the feeder slot.

A paper shredder comprising:

• a housing;
• cutters positioned in the housing;
• a feeder base coupled to the housing and adapted to support a stack of paper, the feeder base including a feeder slot through which paper passes for shredding in the cutters, the feeder base further including an aperture providing communication between a top surface of the feeder base and a waste area below the feeder base;
• and
• an edge defining at least a portion of the aperture and oriented at an angle oblique to the feeder slot, wherein each edge includes:
• a first section at an angle of between about three degrees and about twenty degrees relative to the feeder slot;
• and
• a second section at an angle of between about twenty degrees and about forty-five degrees relative to the feeder slot.