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Community Shredding Event

When: Spring 2025 (Date to be announced)

Where: TBD

Every year, millions of Americans become victims of identity theft. Many  shred
don’t believe it could happen to them – until it’s too late. Identity theft costs
citizens billions of dollars in recovery efforts and can seriously damage
credit ratings and cause extreme financial and emotional hardship for its victims.

Thieves may obtain sensitive information from trash cans, recycling containers
and other public disposal locations. In an effort to help reduce identity theft and
to promote recycling, the Town of Leesburg’s Department of Public Works hosts 
two FREE community document shredding events in the spring and the fall for Town of Leesburg residents.

 ACCEPTED ITEMS

  • Any sensitive information including junk mail and paperwork that includes account numbers, birth dates, passwords and PINS, signatures, social security numbers, etc. (Please recycle junk mail and magazines through your normal collection schedule.) 
  • No more than three storage file boxes/bags (32 gallons or less) only per vehicle (anything over this max will not be accepted due to the volume of cars that come through this event)

PROHIBITED ITEMS

  • Cardboard, telephone books, hardcover books, BINDERS of any type, clips, rubber bands, fasteners, and spiral notebooks 
  • Plastics (plastic bags and packing material, CD's, floppy discs, CD-ROMs, DVDs, credit cards, backup and VCR tapes, transparencies, ID badges, driver's licenses, microfiche, microfilm, x-rays) 
  • Hardware (computer, printer and photocopier parts, batteries)
  • Metals ("3-ring' binders, lever-arch binders, hanging folders, large bulldog clips, license plates)
  • Hazardous materials - click here for more information on hazardous materials

Paper will be shredded on-site in the vendor’s mobile shredding vehicle; should the truck reach capacity before the end of the event, paper may be taken off-site for secure shredding at the vendor’s facility.

The Town of Leesburg will not shred documents for businesses - even if documents are delivered by an employee who is a Town resident.