Shredding Program Makes Stops In Stafford Area: Here's When

The Ocean County Residential Document Shredding Program kicks off this spring. The program will makes several stops throughout Ocean County from April through September.

Here's where and when the program takes place in the Barnegat and Manahawkin area:

• Long Beach Township, St. Francis Community Center Lot, 4700 Long Beach Blvd., Brant Beach, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., April 25
• Little Egg Harbor Township, Community Center Lot, 319 W. CalaBreeze Way, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., May 1
• Stafford Township, Southern Recycling Center Lot, 379 Haywood Road, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., July 20
• Tuckerton Recycling Center Lot, 445 South Green St., 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., July 27

Document shredding provides county residents with an opportunity to rid their home of papers with sensitive information, providing a safeguard against identity theft.

The program is only free to residents, and commercial documents will not be accepted. Each shredding event will run for the complete schedule or until the truck is full. The truck can hold 10,000 pounds of paper.

The shred unit features an automatic feeding and dumping system that eliminates human contact with documents. Residents can bring up to six boxes or bags of documents per event.

Paperclips and staples need not be removed. Unacceptable items include x-rays, CDs, floppy disks, microfilm, and file folders.

Ocean County will also offer drop boxes at both County recycling centers — near Building 105 at the Southern Recycling Center in Stafford Township or Building 68 at the Northern Recycling Center in Lakewood — for anyone who would prefer to shred documents at home.

Here is the complete schedule for the shredding program:

• Jackson Township Municipal Building Rear Lot, 95 West Veterans Highway, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., April 6.
• Plumsted Township Municipal Complex Lot, 121 New Egypt Allentown Road, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., April 13
• Long Beach Township, St. Francis Community Center Lot, 4700 Long Beach Blvd., Brant Beach, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., April 25
• Little Egg Harbor Township, Community Center Lot, 319 W. CalaBreeze Way, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., May 1
• Island Heights, Post Office Lot, 5 Wanamaker Municipal Complex, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., May 10
• Lacey Township Recycling Center Lot, 820 Municipal Lane, Lanoka Harbor, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., May 18
• Brick Township Public Works Yard Lot, 836 Ridge Road, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., May 25
• Berkeley Township Recycling Center Lot, 630 Pinewald Keswick Road, Bayville, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June 8
• Point Pleasant, High School Lot, 2300 Panther Path (off Beaver Dam Road), 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June 15
• Ocean Gate Municipal Building Rear Parking Lot, 801 Ocean Gate Ave., 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., June 22
• Eagleswood Township Municipal Complex Lot, 146 Division St., West Creek, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June 29
• Lakewood Public Works Yard Lot, 1 America Ave., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., July 12
• Stafford Township, Southern Recycling Center Lot, 379 Haywood Road, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., July 20

• Tuckerton Recycling Center Lot, 445 South Green St., 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., July 27
• Pine Beach, Walling Field Lot, 601 Station Ave., 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Aug. 3
• Toms River, Riverwood Park Lot, 250 Riverwood Drive, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Aug. 9
• Lakehurst Public Works Yard Lot, 800 Myrtle St., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Aug. 17
• Manchester Township, Soccer Field Lot, 101 South Colonial Drive, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Aug. 24
• Seaside Park Recycling Yard, 14th and Barnegat Avenues, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Sept. 7

• Ocean Township Municipal Complex Lot, 50 Railroad Ave., Waretown, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sept. 14
• Beachwood Municipal Complex Lot, 1600 Pinewald Road, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sept. 28