Veridian Credit Union hosted mobile shred trucks at five Community Shred Day events across Iowa and eastern Nebraska. An estimated 2,260 people attended to shred more than 56,500 pounds of sensitive documents and help protect their identities from fraud.
"We host Community Shred 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 10,939 trees and 1,938 cubic yards of landfill space.
Veridian will host another series of Community Shred Days in Ankeny, Cedar Rapids, Omaha, Waterloo and West Des Moines in 2023. Those dates and other details will be available at veridiancu.org/shred.
