Free Paper Shredding

media release: FREE Confidential Paper Shred

June 9, 3:00-5:00 PM, 4330 Parmenter Street, Middleton WI – Park and Ride Lot above Middleton Recycling Center

Hosted by: Pellitteri Waste Systems and City of Middleton.

Customers can bring in the equivalent of up to 3 boxes of paper or 3 bags of paper’ = 50 pounds.

• Plastic bags cannot be shredded; it is preferred that customers bring their material in paper bags.

• All material must be paper products only (file folders, checks, junk mail, old tax forms, etc.).

• Staples, paper clips, and rubber bands do not need to be removed.

Materials Not Accepted:

• No Three ring binders, No Hanging file folders, No Binder Clips, No Plastic Sheet Protectors

• Paper will need to be removed from binders and hanging file folders & sheet protectors before being put in the shredding cart

• No Media such as CD’s, floppy discs, tapes, or credit cards

Recycled Shredded Paper

All shredded material is taken to Kipp Street Station at the end of each business day where the shredded material is unloaded from the truck. Kipp Street Station then bails the shredded material. It is then taken to a paper mill factory in Wisconsin where it is recycled into paper products such as toilet paper, paper towels, napkins, and tissue. For every 200 pounds of paper that is shredded, a tree is still standing today.