Berkeley To Hold Shredding Event Saturday

BERKELEY, NJ — Ocean County residents will have the chance to get their documents shredded at no cost in Berkeley Township on Saturday.

Residents can bring documents to the Berkeley Township Recycling Center at 630 Pinewald Keswick Road in Bayville from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Berkeley officials ask residents to remain in their vehicles at all times. Materials should be placed in their trunk or truck bed so workers can remove them directly from the vehicle.

The county-wide shredding program includes 16 locations staggered throughout the year. The next events this month will be held in Plumsted Township and Seaside Heights. Read More: Ocean County Announces Residential Document Shredding Schedule

Residents are limited to five file boxes or 100 pounds of confidential documents per car. Commercial paperwork will not be accepted.

The free program is for all paper documents and paper forms. Paper clips and staples need not be removed.

Unacceptable items include magazines, books, junk mail, hanging file folders, greeting cards, photos, x-rays, CDs, floppy disks, microfilm, shredded paper and garbage.

The shred units feature an automatic feeding and dumping system that eliminates human contact with private documents.

Each event will run for its complete allotted amount of time or until the recycling truck is full. Each truck has the capacity to hold 10,000 pounds of paper.

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