Community Shred & E-Waste Drop-off Day - Spring 2018

 
Chamber members and the public are invited to participate in a  Community Shred & E-Waste Drop-Off  Day on Tuesday, April 17, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. in the parking lot at 90 E. Wilson Bridge Road, the home of AAA Ohio Auto Club and the Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce.

Shred Day offers an opportunity for safe disposal of both sensitive documents and used electronic devices.

Identity theft has become one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States. One of the most effective ways to protect against identity theft is to shred sensitive financial and personal information.

As a "cost" for the services, donations will be accepted for Chamber-sponsored scholarships. Both cash and check donations (made payable to WACC) will be accepted.

Documents
Royal Document Destruction, a certified AAA National Association of Information Destruction (NAID®) provider and a recipient of the Business First “Fast Fifty” award., will collect sensitive documents at the event for shredding.

Businesses and residents can clear out old tax files or sensitive information, protect against identify theft, help the environment and support Chamber-sponsored scholarships by dropping off these types of documents:

Legal documents
Receipts
Tax and medical records
Bank statements and old checks
Credit card statements
Financial records
Insurance documents
Any other sensitive paper documents

Each box should be a size that a person of average strength can lift and carry. To prevent sensitive documents from spilling out and blowing away, open boxes or bags are not accepted.

According to the EPA, to make 1 ton of paper using recycled fiber saves 17 trees, 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, 360 gallons of water, 100 gallons of gasoline, 60 pounds of air pollutants and 10,401 kilowatts of electricity.
E-Waste Disposal
Not only can you shred old documents, but you can also dispose of old office equipment safely at our e-waste drop off.  This event offers an opportunity to discard computer monitors, laptops, printers, cell phones or chargers, which will be recycled in an environmentally friendly way. Any of these items will be accepted:

AC adaptors
Cables
Calculators
Cash drawers
Cell phones
Computers
Fax machines
Phones
Copiers
Printers
Laptops
LCD monitors
PDAs
Power cords
Point-of-sale equipment
Keyboards and mice
Servers
Typewriters
Projectors
Routers
Speakers
Any other computer- or office-related electronics

CRT monitors and tube televisions may be disposed of for an additional fee paid to Accurate IT:
$40 for CRT, rear-projection and DLP televisions
$10 for computer monitors (CRT) or flat-panel (LCD/LED/plasma) televisions