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About the Event
Shredding sensitive financial documents and other materials that contain personal information will prevent thieves from using these data to open false accounts or lines of credit.
Here is the process to have your materials shredded:
- Drive to the shred truck with your materials to be shredded
- An employee will assist you and place your materials in a large trash bin
- The bin will be loaded into the shred truck and shredded
- Be prepared to wait if there is a large attendance
- Consumers can bring up to 10 boxes apiece, but please, no businesses
- You can keep your boxes or containers
- Materials can also be brought in plastic bags
Here are the items that are acceptable to bring to the event and suggested to destroy:
- Bank account information
- Credit card information
- Contracts
- Invoices/Statements
- Customer lists
- Employee/applicant information
- Payroll/ paystubs
- Medical Records
- Budgeting/accounting information
- Junk mail (with name and address such as credit card applications)
Acceptable items to destroy:
- Computer Paper
- Staples
- Paperclips
- Black Binder Clips
- Hanging file folders
- Spiral-bound notebooks
- Rubber bands
Not acceptable to destroy:
- Batteries
- Cardboard
- Plastics
- Three-ring binders
- Hard drives
- Back-up tapes
- CDs
- Garbage
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