Document Shredding Returns To Johns Creek

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JOHNS CREEK, GA -- On Saturday, the city of Johns Creek will team up with Keep Johns Creek Beautiful and Panera Bread Co. to offer free shredding of sensitive documents for the its residents.

The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 7 at Panera Bread at 11715 Medlock Bridge Road.

Residents will also be able to recycle cooking fats, oils and grease (FOG), fluorescent bulbs and gently-used clothes and shoes.

The event is part of the Johns Creek’s Hero4aDay initiative, which is a community day of service that includes a path repair and beautification project at Northeast/Spruill Oaks Public Library and painting the fence at Newtown Community Garden. You can volunteer for the library project by clicking here. Anyone interested in the Newtown Community Garden project can click here to sign up.

The shredding event also provides an opportunity to properly dispose of fats, oils and grease that can clog pipes and cause sewage to back up in streets and homes.

Fluorescent tubes and curly compact fluorescent bulbs contain mercury, which lingers in the environment for years. Keep Johns Creek Beautiful has special equipment that destroys the lights and stores the material and gases for recovery later by a certified fluorescent-light recycling firm.

To avoid identity theft, the Federal Trade Commission recommends shredding charge receipts, copies of credit applications, insurance forms, physician statements, checks and bank statements, expired charge cards and credit offers. Documents at the event will be shred on-site, and all of the paper will be recycled.

For more information about the shredding event, contact Keep Johns Creek Beautiful at 770-551-7766. This event is free for Johns Creek residents; however, for non-residents, there is a fee of up to $5 to recycle fluorescent bulbs.

Please note this event does NOT include electronics recycling.

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