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Shredded Paper
Shredded Paper
Single Day Collection Events
Saturday, April 18, 2009
John Tyler Community College (Chesterfield)
Times: TBA
As consumers become more concerned with the security
of personal information, including social security numbers,
financial information and account numbers, greater numbers of
people are investing in personal or home shredders to reduce the
risk of trashed or recycled documents being used by criminals
against them.
While shredded paper is recyclable, it poses
certain problems in CVWMA's recycling system. Shredded
paper can become wrapped or entangled around the equipment that
processes recyclable materials in Chester, causing equipment to
break or need to be serviced more frequently.
Alternatives to shredding mass amounts of paper and recycling
them in CVWMA's curbside and drop-off collection programs are
below:
- Obscure sensitive information instead of shredding using a
black permanent marker, or remove (cut out) sensitive
information.
- Shred only documents with sensitive
information (such as account numbers), not all the extra paper
(such as advertisements and envelopes) that may accompany a bill or
financial statement.
- If you shred, try composting
the shredded paper in a home compost bin, vegetable or flower
garden instead of recycling it.
- As a final resort, if you shred, place shredded paper in a
paper grocery bag to recycle it in CVWMA's curbside or drop-off
recycling programs. DO NOT USE plastic
grocery bags as these are just as harmful to the equipment as the
shredded paper.
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For additional recycling resources in Virginia and beyond, check
out Earth 911.
This site features a zip-code based search engine for
locality-specific recycling information throughout North
America.
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