Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Free Shred Event for Central Oregon

SecureShred, a division of Bend Garbage & Recycling, has teamed up with Mid Oregon Credit Union, to provide Central Oregonians a safe method for disposing of personal documents. The free shred event is intended for private residential document shredding only, no commercial shredding.

No sorting necessary, personal documents with staples and paper clips are okay.

When: Saturday, April 16, 2011 residents can safely destroy confidential documents for free at the following
Mid Oregon Credit Union locations:

9:00 am - 11:00 am Bend & Madras
Bend Brach, 202 NE Olney (Corner of 2nd and Olney)

Madras Branch, 395 SE Fifth Street (At Fifth and “F” Streets)

12:00 pm - 2:00pm Redmond & Prineville

Redmond Branch – 2625 SW 17th Place (Next to Bi-Mart)

Prineville Branch – 305 NE Hickey Farms Road
(In front of Bi-Mart)

Mid Oregon credit Union is asking event participants to consider bringing a donation to benefit Healthy Beginnings www.myhb.org. A Healthy Beginning representative will be on site at all event locations to answer questions about the organization.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Stamp Out Hunger !

Join the USPS Letter Carriers Food Drive on Saturday May 14, 2011. Help stamp out hanger in your town by leaving a bag filled with nonperishable food items by your mail box. All food is kept in your town to help your Neighborhood Impact food bank.

Oregon E-Cycles Program

The Oregon E-cycles program, a network of more than 250 collection sites and recycling facilities statewide that accepts unwanted computers, monitors, and TVs from the public for free, collected and recycled more than 24 million pounds of materials in 2010. This is a 27% gain over the program’s first year.

“These figures show this program is working and is effective in handling the vast amount of electronic waste that we all generate and need to dispose of properly,” said Kathy Kiwala, E-Cycles Specialist with Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Also contributing to the large percentage gain in the program is the ban on disposing of computers, TVs and monitors which went in effect Jan 1, 2010. This helped spur the public to find recycling sites where they could safely and conveniently dispose of these goods. Increased awareness of the ban has led to increased awareness of Oregon E-Cycles Program.

Proper recycling of electronics is important because they contain toxic metals such as cadmium, mercury, and lead. Also, recycling of these electronics leads to significant energy savings and greenhouse gas reductions.

For more information on Oregon E-Cycles Program, visit www.oregonecycles.org.

Deschutes Recycling accepts computers (desktops & laptops), monitors and TV’s and will recycle them for free. Deschutes Recycling is open Monday-Friday 7:00am-4:30pm
(Closed Sundays) www.deschutesrecycling.com

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Your Security Is Our Priority


Your security is our priority, with tax time here, now is a good time to cleanup outdated records. According to the Federal Trade Commission 9 million Americans have their identity stolen each year. The number one way to steal identity is by “Dumpster Diving”. This is done by rummaging through trash looking for bills or other paper with your personal information on it.

Locally owned SecureShred destroys any amount of sensitive documents or electronic data with on-call, scheduled and walk-in service.

SecureShred is a professional member of the National Association for Information Destruction as well as HIPAA and Gramm-Leach-Biley compliant. For more information, please contact our office at 541-382-2263.

Need A Temporary Container ...

You've come to the right place!

Bend Garbage & Recycling has temporary containers called Rent-A-Bins. These containers are ideal for home projects.

Use your container to clean up your;
* Garage
* Shed
* Basement
* Yard debris
* Remodel debris

We have sizes available to fit your needs. Contact our office for more information or to schedule delivery,
541-382-2263 or www.bendgarbage.com

Monday, March 21, 2011

Free Shred Event A Huge Succes


On March 19, SecureShred and the Deschutes County Sheriff's office partnered for a free shred event giving residents a safe method to dispose of private documents.

There was a steady flow of residents during the 3 hour event, SecureShred collected and shredded 8.5 tons of paper.

Deschutes County Sheriff's office collected 1,750 pounds of food, and received $267.00 in cash donations to benefit Neighbor Impact.

SecureShredd offers complete on-site destruction at your home or business, serving all of Central Oregon. Documents can also be dropped off at the Bend Garbage & Recycling office for secure document shredding. For more information call SecureShred at 541.382.2263 or stop by the Bend Garbage & Recycling office at 20835 NE Montana Way, Monday-Friday 8:00 to 4:30.