2015 Mobile Shredder Events Calendar |
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3/28 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Greenburgh | Town Hall 177 Hillside Ave. |
4/4 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | City of Rye | City Hall 1051 Boston - Post Rd. |
4/11 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Yonkers | Roosevelt HS 631 Tuckahoe Rd. Otsego Rd. Entrance |
4/18 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Eastchester | 1 Gabriel - Rescigno Dr. Scarsdale |
4/22 | Wed. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Cortlandt | Town Hall 1 Heady St. |
4/24 | Fri. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Mount Kisco | Fox Senior Center 198 Carpenter Ave. |
4/25 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Harrison | |
5/2 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Mamaroneck | |
5/9 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Mt. Vernon | Municipal Lot S. 5th Ave. at W. 2nd St. |
5/11 | Mon. | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Mount Pleasant | Recreation Center 125 Lozza Dr. |
5/16 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Yonkers | Yonkers High School 150 Rockland Ave. |
5/16 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Croton | Earth Day Event Croton Point Park 1A Croton Point Ave. |
5/23 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | New Rochelle | Police Station 515 North Ave. |
5/30 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Hastings-on-Hudson | Zinsser Parking Lot 134 Southside Ave. |
6/5 | Fri. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Yorktown | |
6/6 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Larchmont/ Mamaroneck |
Maxwell Ave. Larchmont |
6/13 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Greenburgh | Town Hall 177 Hillside Ave. |
6/17 | Wed. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Yonkers | Murray Skating Rink 348 Tuckahoe Rd. |
6/20 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Montrose | Hen Hud Library 185 Kings Ferry Rd. |
6/27 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Tarrytown | Parking Lot Green St. |
7/11 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Hastings-on-Hudson | Zinsser Parking Lot 134 Southside Ave. |
7/18 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Yonkers | Emerson High School |
7/25 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | New Rochelle | Police Station 515 North Ave. |
8/8 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Mt. Vernon | Municipal Lot S. 5th Ave. at W. 2nd St. |
8/14 | Fri. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Yonkers | Murray Skating Rink 348 Tuckahoe Rd. |
8/15 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Sleepy Hollow | 28 Beekman Ave. |
8/22 | Sat. | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Peekskill | City Hall 828 Main St. |
8/29 | Sat. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Tarrytown | Parking Lot Green St. |
Since its unveiling, thousands of residents have brought their confidential papers to be shredded and hundreds of tons of paper have been recycled. Can't make a Mobile Shredder Event date? No problem! Check out our Household Material Recovery Facility (H-MRF) where residents can bring their documents for shredding, as well as hard-to-get-rid-of household chemicals and other materials.
Bring the shredder to your community
Contact your local municipality if you would like to have the Mobile Shredder come to your neighborhood. Municipal departments who want to schedule a ‘shred-a-thon’ can e-mail us with the request at wcdef@westchestergov.com .
Kinds of documents to shred
Remember, it's best to shred documents you're no longer using, that contain personal identifying information such as name, address, phone number, credit card number or social security number. Such documents should be shredded before they are thrown out for recycling. Some examples are:
- expired credit card statements and receipts
- old tax returns or any other personal documents containing you name, address or other identifying information.
- pre-approved credit card applications
- licenses
As this service is gaining in popularity, residents should be prepared to wait as lines are sometimes long. However, the wait doesn't have to be that long. Come prepared. This means you've removed all metal clips, fasteners, binders, folders and hard covers and placed the papers loosely in a box. Hard covers – cardboard or plastic covers on items such as ledger books, marble composition books and hard-cover books – cannot be shredded and will be turned away. Residents must rip pages out from hard cover books for shredding and throw the covers in their regular household trash. Up to four boxes of papers are allowed for shredding.
For more information about identity theft, call the Dept. of Consumer Protection (914) 995-2155. For questions about recycling, call (914) 813-5425, the Recycling Helpline.