Texas Health Resources to Host Free Shredding Event in Arlington on April 15

By Office of Communication

Posted on Thursday, April 06, 2017

Whether it's dusty stacks of credit card statements, old receipts, or even last year's tax forms, the threat of identity theft doesn't provide comfort in parting ways with sensitive documents.

That's why Texas Health Resources is inviting the community to participate in Shredfest, a free, secure shredding service provided by Iron Mountain. In recognition of Earth Day, the event will take place on Saturday, April 15.

From 9 a.m. to noon at several Texas Health locations, personal paperwork will be shredded securely on-site, and all the paper shreddings are recycled. Each participant may bring up to five boxes or bags of material for shredding.

Before driving to any of the seven Texas Health locations, please keep a few things in mind:

These items can be shredded

• Paper
• Fasteners (paper clips and staples)
• Notebooks and spirals
• Business cards, brochures, banners, pamphlets and fliers

These items cannot be shredded

• Cardboard
• Food or liquids of any type
• Glass, plastic, aluminum
• Batteries
• Wrappers
• Cans or bottles
• Metal objects
• CDs
• DVDs
• USB drives
• Hard drives
• Audio and video tapes

Shredfest will take place at the following locations:

• Texas Health (headquarters), 612 E. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, TX 76011
• Texas Health Cleburne, 201 Walls Drive, Cleburne, TX 76033
• Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX 75231
• Texas Health Denton, 3000 North I-35, Denton, TX 76201
• Texas Health Fort Worth, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76104
• Texas Health Plano, 6200 Parker Road, Plano, TX 75093
• Texas Health Stephenville, 411 N. Belknap St., Stephenville, TX 76401

Over the past five years, Texas Health's Shredfest has shredded and recycled more than 250,000 pounds of paper, saving more than 1,520 trees and 260 cubic yards of landfill space.