Mobile Paper-shredding Program - Union County Residents

The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders is hosting a mobile paper-shredding program for personal documents.  This event will take place on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at the campus of the Union County Vo-Tech Schools, 1776 Raritan Road, Scotch Plains, near the John H. Stamler Police Academy.  NEXCUT Shredding of Teaneck will be on site shredding documents from 9:00am - 1:00pm, rain or shine.  This shredding event will come to an end before 1:00pm if the shredding truck reaches its capacity.

All Union County residents are eligible to use the paper-shredding service.  In an effort to accommodate everyone, there is a limit of four, 10-pound bags or boxes per person. Documents should not be bound. Remove plastic binders and paperclips. Residents should continue to recycle non-confidential papers and magazines with their municipal recycling program.

Documents are put into 96-gallon containers provided by the shredding company. The items are then dumped onto a conveyor belt and put through the shredder.  Participants are welcome to view the shredding process via a closed-circuit television.  The shredded documents are then recycled, shipped to paper mills and used as pulp.  The next shredding event will take place Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Alcatel-Lucent in New Providence.

The mobile shredding program is paid for through New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Recycling Enhancement Act Grant Funds.  For more information about future events or directions call the Recycling Hotline at 908-654-9889 or visit us online at ucnj.org/recycle.”