Shredding Network mobile unit at work during Lake Erie Nature & Science Center's 2008 Shredding Day.

[Editor's note: Due to an error, the date of the shredding day in the print edition of the Observer was incorrect. The correct date is Saturday, April 10, 2010.]

Dispose of old financial statements, tax forms, bills, medical records and other clean paper without worrying about identity theft or the effect of dumping paper into the environment. Lake Erie Nature & Science Center is teaming up with the Shredding Network again to bring a powerful mobile shredding truck back to Bay Village on Saturday, April 10. The high-tech equipment will provide quick, confidential destruction and recycling of up to five boxes or bags of old paper per household.  

The mobile shredder will be set up across from Lake Erie Nature & Science Center in the Wolf Picnic area parking lot from 9 a.m. to noon. For a complete list of items that can and can’t be shredded, visit www.lensc.org (click on Featured Events) or pick up a flyer at the Center during regular hours. 

The shredding service will be provided for a suggested donation of $5 per household and 100% of the proceeds will go directly to the non-profit Lake Erie Nature & Science Center. Last year’s Shredding Day raised $1,000. Shredding Network’s Dana Mueller estimates that by recycling more than 9 tons of paper at the Center’s first two Shredding Days in 2008 and 2009, the community saved more than 150 trees and 27 cubic yards of landfill.

The non-profit Lake Erie Nature & Science Center provides wildlife exhibits and rehabilitation, as well as planetarium and nature education programs. Shredding Network, based in Wickliffe, Ohio, shreds and recycles 2,000 tons of paper per month.

Shawn Salamone is the Community Relations Coordinator at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center.