Check destruction tracking and reconstruction

A method comprising:

• providing one or more groupings of one or more financial institution items;
• transferring the groupings to a plurality of bins which are each used to transport one or more groupings of items to a site where the items will be destructed;
• creating a label for each of the groupings;
• associating each label with the bin that contains the groupings of items corresponding to the label;
• affixing a seal to each of the bins, wherein each seal comprises a unique identifier for each bin;
• creating a manifest comprising bin identifiers and items associated with each bin;
• allowing the bins to be transported for destruction;
• receiving a destruction notification comprising the bin identifier indicating the items in the bin were destroyed in response to safe transport and safe destruction of the items in the bin;
• verifying the bin identifiers received in the destruction notification against the manifest in response to receiving the notification of destruction of the items in the bin;
• and
• receiving notification of an incident in response to any of the bins being compromised.

A system comprising:

• a bin that receives one or more groupings of financial institution items to be destroyed, the bin having a seal that comprises an identifier, and the groupings of financial institution items each comprising a label associated with the identifier of the bin;
• and
• a processing unit configured to respond to computer instructions to:
• create a manifest comprising bin identifiers and items associated with each bin;
• receive a destruction notification comprising the bin identifier indicating the items in the holding container were destroyed in response to safe transport and safe destruction of the items in the bin;
• verify the bin identifiers received in the destruction notification against the manifest in response to receiving the notification of destruction of the items in the bin;
• and
• receive notification of an incident in response to the bin being compromised.