Community Shred Days destroy 96,900 pounds of documents

Veridian recently wrapped a series of six Community Shred Day events for the year in communities across Iowa and eastern Nebraska. Each year, we partner with Shred-It® to make onsite shred trucks available to the public for free document shredding. In 2024, roughly 3,800 people attended the events to shred 96,900 pounds of sensitive documents and help protect their identities from fraud.

“Safely disposing of unwanted, personal documents is a simple and important task that can help protect your identity,” said Ashtin Hotek, Veridian’s public relations strategist and Community Shred Day coordinator. “We host Community Shred Day events each year to help provide a free and accessible way to do that.”

The shredded material from each event is recycled into commercial-grade paper products. Since Veridian’s first Community Shred Day in 2009, the events have shredded nearly 1.4 million pounds of documents, saving an estimated 12,565 trees and 2,226 cubic yards of landfill space.

Veridian will host another series of Community Shred Day events in 2025. Those dates and other details will be available at veridiancu.org/shred. Email reminders for upcoming Community Shred Day events are also available at veridiancu.org/ShredReminder.