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Safely Shred & Recycle Unneeded Confidential Documents

May 10, 2012 - Madison, WI - UW Credit Union has partnered with Shred-it to host its 8th Annual Shred-it Event. This year's event will be held at UW Credit Union's branch at 3750 University Ave. in Madison (formerly Borders Bookstore), and at UW Credit Union's Mayfair branch at 2365 North Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa, WI. The event is free and open to the public, and is held to help members of the community safely dispose of unwanted personal documents.

Shredding services will be available at the University Ave. branch in Madison on Thursday, May 17, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday, May 19, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Shredding services will be available at the Mayfair branch in Wauwatosa on Saturday, May 19, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

People are welcome to bring up to three boxes of unneeded confidential documents to be shredded and recycled for free.

Shred-it specializes in providing secure document destruction services. After material is shredded on site, it is subsequently baled and recycled. This ensures that private information is disposed of safely, and that the paper shredding helps save the environment in the process.



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