Shred Documents, Recycle Cooking Oils For Free in Johns Creek

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The city of Johns Creek, Keep Johns Creek Beautiful and Panera Bread Co. on Medlock Bridge Road will soon offer free shredding of sensitive documents and recycling of cooking fats, oils and grease (FOG) and fluorescent bulbs.

This initiative will be available for residents to utilize from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 at Panera Bread, located at 11715 Medlock Bridge Road.

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 destroyed on-site, and all of the paper will be recycled.

The event also allows people to dispose of fats, oils and grease that can clog underground 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.

For more information about the shredding event, contact Keep Johns Creek Beautiful at 770-551-7766 or info@knfb.org.

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