Four Community Shred Day events set for September
POSTED IN ARTICLES ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2023
Mark your calendar for an upcoming Community Shred Day!
Veridian will host mobile shred trucks in four communities across Iowa and eastern Nebraska this fall for Community Shred Day. Each event is free and open to the public to promote the importance of shredding unwanted, sensitive documents.
“Safely disposing of unwanted, personal documents is a simple and important task that can help protect your identity,” said Ashtin Hotek, Veridian’s public relations strategist and Community Shred Day coordinator. “We host Community Shred Day events each year to help provide a free and accessible way to do that.”
Attendees are asked to arrive with documents in the cargo area of their vehicle, and to remain in their vehicle while event staff unload it and place it in shred bins. To ensure capacity for all who would like to attend, each event can accept no more than two 25-pound containers of documents per person. More tips on how to prepare for Community Shred Day and other shredding opportunities are available at veridiancu.org/shred. The communities and dates for each upcoming event are provided below.
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Cedar Falls Veridian Credit Union office 6525 Chancellor Drive |
Sept. 16 9am-noon |
West Des Moines Maple Grove Elementary School 1455 98th Street |
Sept. 16 9am-noon |
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Sept. 23 9am-noon |
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The shredded material will be recycled into commercial grade paper towels, toilet paper and other paper products. Since Veridian’s first Community Shred Day in 2009, we've shredded an estimated 1.3 million pounds of documents. That equates to approximately 11,235 trees and 1,991 cubic yards of landfill space spaced.