Shred Day provides safe disposal options

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Better Business Bureau of the Upstate and AARP South Carolina are partnering to host Shred Day, a national event created to promote identity theft and fraud awareness. Individuals and small businesses can take advantage of free on-site document shredding and electronic recycling, as well as get tips to prevent identity theft online and off, according to a news release.

Three Upstate locations will host Shred Day next week:

• Heritage Park in Simpsonville, 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 18
• Greenville Better Business Bureau office, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 19
• Anderson Mall, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 19

Goodwill Industries will be on site at each location to recycle computer equipment such as monitors, printers and hard drives, all of which will be electronically wiped by Goodwill according to Department of Defense standards, the release said.

The maximum number of boxes and plastic bags per consumer, business and vehicle is three. Cardboard boxes will be emptied and returned to consumers. The complimentary shred event is first come, first served or until the shred trucks fill up.