Columbia, S.C. ……..The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA), in partnership with Global Paper Shredding Inc. and Confidential Solutions Unlimited Inc.(CSU), will host its first free “Shred Day” on Thursday, June 1, 2006 at the following three (3) locations:
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State House (South Steps), from 10:00A.M.-Noon
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South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (parking lot), located at 3600 Forest Drive, from 1:00P.M.-3:00P.M.
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Wal-Mart parking lot, located at I-77 and Forest Drive, from 3:00P.M.-5:00P.M.
“Shred Day” will provide consumers and businesses the opportunity to have their confidential documents shredded , free of charge.
Consumers and businesses are invited to bring confidential documents, including check stubs, bank statements, credit card offers, floppy disks, CDs and pill bottles to have them shredded. Please do not bring magazines, newspapers, laminated documents, aluminum or glass products. Assistance will be available to help unload boxes. Staff from the shredding companies will handle the documents and will shred them while the participants watch. The mobile on-site document destruction process is efficient and quick. What could take 10 hours to shred at home, can be shred on-site in 15 minutes or less. The shredded material goes directly to the company’s recycling facilities where it is baled and delivered to recycling mills.
Educational information on ID Theft will be available at the event. For more information, contact SCDCA at (803) 734-4200 or 1-800-922-1594 or visit our website at www.scconsumer.gov.