South Barrington to Host Document Destruction Event

Submission by the village of South Barrington

The village of South Barrington will host a Document Destruction Event (DDE), sponsored by the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC), at Village Hall, 30 S. Barrington Road in South Barrington, from 9 a.m. to noon on Aug. 27.

SWANCC sponsors Document Destruction Events (DDEs) to assist residents with recycling outdated or sensitive documents. Residents from South Barrington and other SWANCC communities are eligible to participate, however materials will not be accepted from non-SWANCC residents, businesses, schools or institutions, and IDs will be checked for verification of residency.

Acceptable documents can include medical forms, bank statements, personal files and retired tax forms. Residents are allowed to bring up to six file-size boxes or paper bags and are asked to remove any metal clips or metal/plastic binders, and NOT to put paper in plastic bags before dropping off.

As residents drive up in their vehicles, workers will remove the paper documents and place them into large carts. When full, the carts of paper are emptied into the truck’s cross-shredding machine for on-site recycling. At the end of the event, the shredded documents are transported to Groot’s recycling facility in Elk Grove Village and baled before being recycled into new paper.

“Every consumer is at risk of identity theft and criminals have gotten very astute at going into garbage cans and recycling bins stealing names, addresses and even bank account numbers”, said Mary Allen, SWANCC’s Recycling and Education Director. “Because of this constant threat, SWANCC wants to assist residents with destroying their personal information, making sure that all shredding is done on site at the host location before being recycled.”

For more information on SWANCC’s Document Destruction Events, or other programs and resources, please contact the Agency at (847) 724-9205 or visit SWANCC’s website at swancc.org.