Update on recent BBB Secure Your ID event

Written by Dave Gallagher | The Bellingham Herald | April 25, 2012

Here’s the tally on cell phones/documents recycled at the recent Secure Your ID event (news release from the Better Business Bureau):

HUNDREDS TURN OUT FOR BBB’S SECURE YOUR ID DAY

DuPont, Wash. – April 25, 2012 – In conjunction with Better Business Bureau’s national effort to proactively combat identity theft, BBB serving Alaska, Oregon and Western Washington offered four Secure Your ID Day locations to help local consumers shred 38,948 pounds—more than 19 tons—of documents and recycle 481 cellular phones on April 21, 2012.

Anchorage, Alaska

162 cars

5,400 pounds

9 cellular phones

Beaverton, Ore.

503 cars

21,000 pounds

96 cellular phones

Bellingham, Wash.

235 cars

7,148 pounds

47 cellular phones

DuPont, Wash.

124 cars

5,400 pounds

329 cellular phones

Recycle Revolution estimates that the recycled shreddings will save 331 trees, 136,318 gallons of water, and nearly 59 cubic feet of landfill space.

The next Secure Your ID Day will take place on Oct. 20, 2012. For shred event partnership opportunities, or to suggest a future location, contact BBB at events@thebbb.org or call 206-676-4187.