Glencoe Holds Document Destruction Event

WINNETKA-GLENCOE, IL - From the Solid Waster Agency of Northern Cook County: On Saturday, August 26, 2017, the Village of Glencoe will host a Document Destruction Event (DDE), sponsored by the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC). The event will be held at the SE Commuter Parking Lot – east of the tracks, from 9:00 a.m. to noon.

SWANCC sponsors Document Destruction Events (DDEs) to assist residents with recycling outdated or sensitive documents. Residents from Glencoe and other SWANCC communities are eligible to participate. However, materials will not be accepted from non-SWANCC residents, businesses, schools, or institutions, and IDs will be checked for verification of residency - http://www.swancc.org/swancc-member-communities.

Acceptable documents can include medical forms, bank statements, personal files and retired tax forms. There is a limit of six (6) file boxes or paper bags, and all plastic, metal clips or binders must be removed. DO NOT bring paper in plastic bags. Plastic is a contaminant, as are photos, slides, and any non-paper items. Workers will remove the paper documents while residents stay in their vehicles. Paper is cross-shredded on site and will be recycled at a mill to make new paper products.

“Every consumer is at risk of identity theft and criminals have gotten very astute at going into garbage cans and recycling bins stealing names, addresses and even bank account numbers”, said Mary Allen, SWANCC’s Recycling and Education Director. “Because of this constant threat, SWANCC wants to assist residents with destroying their personal information, making sure that all shredding is done on site at the host location before being recycled.”

For more information on SWANCC’s Document Destruction Events, or other programs and resources, please visit SWANCC’s website at swancc.org or call (847) 724-9205.

About SWANCC:

The Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) is an intergovernmental agency that was established in 1988 and is comprised of 23 communities: Arlington Heights, Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Evanston, Glencoe, Glenview, Hoffman Estates, Inverness, Kenilworth, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Niles, Palatine, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Rolling Meadows, Skokie, South Barrington, Wheeling, Wilmette and Winnetka.

SWANCC provides member residents a variety of waste reduction and recycling services, programs and resource materials. These include collections for special materials that cannot go into the curbside recycling cart or should not go into the garbage due to toxicity or recoverability, such as: computers and electronics, prescription drugs and sharps, fluorescent light bulbs, mercury thermometers & thermostats, holiday lights and batteries. Visit swancc.org for more information.

About Accurate Document Destruction:

Accurate Document Destruction has been in the shredding business since 1993. They make house calls to residents for shredding as well as businesses and large corporations, who by law have to destroy their confidential material. All the shredded paper is recycled into reusable resources. With today’s stringent compliance regulations, Accurate also provides assistance to companies with shredding policies and procedures along with employee training and awareness. Accurate was awarded the “Complaint Free” award from the BBB for services provided last year and have consistently had an A+ rating. For information, please visit shredd.net.

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