“It was fabulous,” said Pam King, president/CEO at the conclusion of the first-ever Shred, eCycle & Share Saturday at The Ranch.
The unofficial tally from the event, hosted by the Better Business Bureau and sponsored by Guaranty Bank and Trust in conjunction with National Secure Your ID Week, includes:
• 530 vehicles from throughout northern Colorado.
• 2 trailer trucks completely filled with computers, monitors and other electronics for ecycling by Waste-Not Recycling.
• 5 tons of personal documents shredded by Apex Shredding Inc.
• 7 barrels of nonperishable and canned goods for both Larimer and Weld County Foods Banks plus cash donations.
• 231 gently used coats donated to Coat for Folks.
For most attendees, this was their first shredding or ecycling event. Some brought a few items, others packed their vehicles with used computer equipment and documents for shredding.
One consumer brought papers dating back as far as 1985 and another brought his wife’s Apple IIe computer. “She has a Dell now,” explained the husband.
Everyone who attended received a packet of information on how long to keep certain documents and what to do if your personal identity is stolen along with information about event participants.
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About the BBB
The Better Business Bureau, founded in 1912, is a champion for ethics and trust in the marketplace. Only businesses that meet the high BBB standards are invited to become BBB Accredited Businesses. Today, 128 BBBs across the United States and Canada rate more than 3 million local and national businesses and charities with scores ranging from A to F. Only a BBB Accredited Business may elect to participate in BBBOnLine, one of the most trusted and recognized Internet seal programs in the world.
The BBB serving northern Colorado and Wyoming is trending toward 1 million instances of service to consumers and businesses in 2009. These services include reliability reports on local companies and charities, access to companies that can be trusted by industry, help with dispute resolution, and trustworthy information on consumer and business topics.
Barbara Read, VP Communications Director, 970-488-2035, bread@wynco.bbb.org