Shred for Good, PRI offer 'Free Shred Day'
06.29.08 (11:59 pm) [edit]
PRI Productions and a division of a Clay county nonprofit organization are offering free document shredding Wednesday at PRI's San Marco offices. Shred for Good, which employs the disabled at its secure document shredding operation in Green Cove Springs, will set up containers in PRI's parking lot on Kings Avenue to collect documents as well as compact discs, computer hard drives and DVDs. Shred for Good, which is a division of Challenge Enterprises of North Florida Inc., will be at PRI collecting documents and computer equipment from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 4. Nancy Keating, executive director of Challenge Enterprises, said Shred for Good's typical clients are businesses and governments that need to dispose of sensitive documents on a regular basis. "This type of service can be cost-prohibitive for smaller businesses and individuals that have personal documents they want safely destroyed," said Keating. Waste woes The disks are then crushed and sent for shredding, ensuring that any shreds of data are completely beyond recovery. However, many people may want to donate the PC. Companies should ensure that the company they are using to refurbish their computers and IT equipment has a full and rigorous wiping procedure to ensure al l data is safely removed from their PCs prior to being refurbished and distributed to schools and community groups, said Tom Murphy, head of community and public relations, Microsoft Ireland. For example, Rehab Recycle, one of the companies involved in the Microsoft Authorised Refurbisher (Mar) programme, provides secure facilities in Dublin, Cork and Galway, and all donated PCs are fully wiped of all data in a secure manner. Rehab also provides full reports on all donated PCs. shredding business