Willistown Offering Wood Chipping, Document Shredding

WILLISTOWN, PA — Residents in Willistown Township have chances to have branches and brush chipped as well as documents shredded at upcoming events.

From 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 19, Willistown is hosting a Chipping Day during which residents can have tree, brush, and shrub limbs and branches chipped free of charge.

The event will be held at the Charles E. Coxe Memorial Campus, 688 Sugartown Road in Malvern

Residents may bring tree, brush, and shrub limbs and branches no greater than 8 inches in diameter for chipping.

The debris will be unloaded and chipped free of charge, then returned to Mother Earth.

All cut ends of the wood must be facing toward the rear of the vehicle or trailer.

Wood other than what is listed will not be accepted. Bamboo, wooden furniture, ladders, fence posts/rails, telephone poles, landscaping wood, construction wood, paneling, scrap wood, or any wood with nails, hooks, or metal in it will not be accepted.

These types of wood will have to be taken home if brought for chipping.

Leaves and grass will not be accepted as well.

Then from 9 a.m. to noon (or until the shredding truck is full) on Saturday, Nov. 2, the township will hold a document shredding event at Charles E. Coxe Memorial Campus.

The event is perfect to safely get rid of cancelled checks, new checks that you’ll never use, insurance statements, tax forms, charge/bank/debit statements, receipts, savings passbooks, confidential letters, brokerage statements, and other documents with sensitive information.

Shredding will take place on site in a specially equipped truck.

Residents are limited six easy to carry boxes. The boxes should not be taped closed.

Items not accepted are newspapers, magazines, cardboard, wallpaper, books, sheets of plastic, Pendaflex folders with metal strips, or three-ring binders.

All binder clips must be removed before documents can be shredded. Items with staples, standard paper clips, or rubber bands will be accepted.

This is a program for residents only; commercial entities will be turned away.