WATERLOO, Iowa– Veridian Credit Union hosted mobile shred trucks at six Community Shred Day events across Iowa and eastern Nebraska, with an estimated 3,000 people attended to shred more than 73,000 pounds of sensitive documents and help protect their identities from fraud.
"We host CommunityShred Days to offer a convenient way to shred unwanted documents that contain your personal information," said Veridian's public relations strategist Ashtin Hotek. "We're happy to offer these events as a free service to our communities and grateful that they’re always well attended.”
The shredded material is recycled into commercial-grade paper products. Since Veridian’s first Community Shred Day in 2009, the events have shredded nearly 1.3 million pounds of documents, saving an estimated 10,350 trees and 1,800 cubic yards of landfill space.
Veridian will host another series of Community Shred Day events in Ankeny, Cedar Rapids, Omaha, Waterloo and West Des Moines in the fall.