Sanitary District No.1 Hosts Successful Community Shred-it and E-Waste Event

Sanitary District No. 1 recently hosted a Shred-it and E-Waste event at the District’s headquarters which provided residents an opportunity to securely discard personal documents and safely dispose of electronics. The District had multiple high-capacity shredder trucks onsite to permanently destroy private information often found on pre-approved credit offers, bank statements, pay stubs and tax returns. The District partnered with GreenChip to safely recycle any unwanted electronics and dispose of e-waste.

GreenChip Recycling is a service that erases personal information on recyclable electronic equipment, like computers and hard drivers, in strict compliance with Department of Defense, NAID and R2 standards. GreenChip’s Hard Drive Destruction Inventory System guarantees that no storage device leaves the facility with recoverable data.

300 residents discarded more than 10,000 pounds of personal documents and more than 5,000 pounds of electronics. Sanitary District No. 1 plans to host another Shred-it and E-Waste event in the fall.

Photo 1: (L-R) Sanitary District No.1 Chairman James Vilardi, Sanitary District No. 1 Commissioner Irving Kaminetsky, a Five Towns resident, Hempstead Town Supervisor Anthony Santino, Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and Nassau County Legislator Howard Kopel gather to celebrate the Shred-it and E-Waste event’s success before shredding a box of old papers.

Photo 2: Sanitary District No.1 staff helps a resident unload some old electronics from their vehicle to be properly recycled during the District’s Shred-it and E-Waste event.

Photo 3: Chairman Vilardi helps a local resident discard some personal documents during Sanitary District No. 1’s Shred-it and E-Waste event. This event yielded more than 15,000 pounds of paper and electronic waste.