If you happened to read the Shred on Site blog last October, then you may have noticed two posts we made announcing our Elwood public Shredding Event and talking about how on-site paper shredding can help prevent identity theft. This seems like a good time to look back and think about the event and how it has impacted our business at Shred on Site.
The first Shred On Site days held in Australia has been pronounced a success.
More than $500 was raised for Elwood Primary School through gold coin donation at the event sponsored by Shred On Site and Bendigo Bank Elwood Community Branch on December 6.
Shred On Site CEO Andrew Vincent said he was pleased that locals from Elwood and surrounding suburbs got behind the first Shred On Site days held at Elwood Primary School Community Market and hopes word will spread to build on the initial success.
Mr Vincent said it was a great first event but there is still some way to go to emulate the American phenomenon of Shred On Site days which are huge events held weekly across the country.
Chairman of Elwood Community Branch Alastair Chisholm said the first Shred On Site Day was a winner.
Mr Chisholm said sponsorship of the event made sense for the bank by supporting customers and the broader community to appropriately destroy private documents and because the branch has a history of innovation. Elwood branch established the first suburban model of the Bendigo Community Bank.
Mr Chisholm was so impressed by the concept that plans are already underway for Elwood Community Branch to sponsor the next Shred On Site days.
People bought boxes of personal files from homes and businesses to be destroyed while they watched the process on CCTV. This included a former architect who was relieved to have the opportunity to appropriately dispose of planning documents that included sensitive designs for a number of banks. For most participants, it was simply an opportunity to destroy private documents taking up space in homes, offices and sheds.
The shredded documents are recycled and there is no need to remove staples, bulldog clips, plastic sleeves and lever arch files which simplifies the process of destroying documents.
The second Shred On Site Day will be even better, with a new location identified for improved access so that participants won’t have to lug boxes of files around the site.
