C.J.
We do a lot of scanning for tax purposes. I keep our actual documents that support tax filings for 7 years, but we don't really have a lot - both our w-2, some stock statements, student loan statements, child care. . . pretty much it.
I pay all my bills online, so now I don't even get those in the mail, have our house and cars on auto pay - again - no mailed statements. We also have very few 'bills' other than mentioned above. I think that helps a ton not to have outstanding credit card statements, etc.
not sure if this could work for you, but it is what we do to help cut back on the paper clutter.