Do you have important documents to shred?
The Orange County Solid Waste Management Department will sponsor two free Shred-A-Thon events in cooperation with University Mall, the Chapel Hill Police Department, and the Partnership for a Sustainable Community.
Orange County residents and businesses, including those in the Town of Chapel Hill within Durham County, and local government employees who work for Town of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, or for Orange County may securely destroy their personal confidential documents at no cost.
Both events are from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and will take place at the following locations:
- Thursday, October 10 — University Mall on Estes Drive in Chapel Hill, near Dillard’s.
- Saturday, October 12 — Hampton Pointe Shopping Center on Highway 86 in Hillsborough at the 24-hour recycling drop-off site located behind Home Depot.
There is a limit of five “banker-box” sized boxes or 10 large bags of paper per person, and a limit of one trip per person or business. Note that this is reduced from 10 boxes in the past.
Prior to bringing loads to the Shred-a-thon please remove any non-paper materials, such as plastic bags, plastic binders, plastic folders, metal tabs, laminated paper, computer disks, or other electronic media. The shredded paper will be recycled and these materials are contaminants as well as being potentially harmful to the shredder blades.
Shredding will take place on-site in full view of the people delivering paper.
