The Town of Wake Forest is offering area residents and businesses the opportunity to protect themselves from identity theft and dispose of confidential documents in an environmentally responsible way by hosting a free “Shred-It” event on Friday, April 15. The event will take place from noon to 7 p.m. – or until the shred truck is full – in the parking lot of the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre at 405 Brooks Street.
There is a limit of four “banker-box” sized boxes or four large bags of paper per household or business and a limit of one trip per household.
The shredded paper will be recycled, so participants are urged to help reduce contamination by removing all non-paper materials in advance, such as plastic binders, plastic folders and metal tabs.
In addition, items that can damage the equipment will not be accepted. Prohibited items include wet or moist paper, hanging file folders, books (hardback or paperback), credit cards, photographs, film, DVD’s and other metals (other than staples or paper clips), boxes, batteries, computer disks or other electronic media.
Junk mail does not need to be shredded. Residents and businesses are urged to recycle junk mail in their town-issued recycling cart.
For more information, visit www.wakeforestnc.gov/shred-it-event.aspx.
