Shred Documents for Free, Save Your Identity

Every day we hear stories about identity theft and credit card fraud. Many of those stories appear here on Alpharetta-Milton Patch. So shredding your personal documents makes a lot of sense, and may save you a lot of dollars. And on Saturday, April 20, Alpharetta residents can take advantage of a free document shedding event.

Reasons to shred:

• Credit Card Thieves Buy a Lot of Gas
• Alpharetta Forgery Suspect Caught 3 Weeks Later
• Milton Woman's Credit Card Used 31 Times Fraudulently

Bring your bank statements, medical history papers and other documents containing confidential information on April 20 from 10 a.m.-noon–or until the truck is full – to in the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety parking lot.

There is a five-box per resident limit for this event.

This event is being held in conjunction with a community electronics recycling event at the same location: Alpharetta Helps Residents Recycle Old Electronics for Free

Eco Shredding, the city’s partner on the event, will offer residents and small businesses the opportunity to safely discard confidential documents using a mobile, on-site shredding truck.  Residents can watch their documents being shredded and have comfort knowing that the shredded materials will be recycled without risk of their confidential information falling into the wrong hands, according to a release from Terry Porter with the city's Engineering & Public Works Department.

Should you need to shred more than five boxes, contact Peg Hussing with Eco Shredding to make other arrangements at (770) 490-5607.

Eco Shredding is investing in the community by offering this service and is requesting that participants enhance this act of “giving back” by bringing one can of food per box brought for shredding. All collected food items will be dispersed to neighbors through the North Fulton Community Charities Food Bank.

For more information about this event, email Terry Porter or call her at (678) 297-6213.