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Fort Jackson held a shred day, March 26, to allow the community to safely shred documents. Shredding paper with your personal information provides a level of insurance against identity theft and misuse. All types of papers were accepted except for classified documents.
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Trainees help dump paper into bins in preparation for shredding, March 26. Fort Jackson held a shred day to allow the community to bring by unclassified papers to be destroyed.
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A Soldier empties shreddable items into a bin in preparation for the papers to be destroyed during Fort Jackson's shred day, March 26.
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Trainees dump paper into bins in preparation for shredding, March 26. Fort Jackson held a shred day to allow the community to bring by unclassified papers to be destroyed. Shredding paper with your personal information provides a level of insurance against identity theft and misuse.
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A Soldier pushes a bin full of papers ready for shredding, March 26. Fort Jackson held a shred day to allow the community to bring by unclassified papers to be destroyed. Shredding paper with your personal information provides a level of insurance against identity theft and misuse.
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The Fort Jackson Recycle Center holds quarterly shred days to help eliminate desk clutter and any documents that contain Personal Identifiable Information or PII. Shred days are open to the entire Fort Jackson community, including local retirees.
All types of paper with sensitive information were accepted at the event, except classified documents.
Shredding paper with your personal information provides a level of insurance against identity theft and misuse.
On the most recent Shred Day, March 26, the community worked together and lined up to drop paper off. The shredded paper was then sent to a paper mill to be recycled.
This is just one of the many components of Fort Jackson Regulation 200-9 - Qualified Recycling Program. Part of the QRP allows for units to “receive monetary incentives for collecting recyclable materials and delivering them to the recycling center.”
(Editor's Note: Some information for this article was written by Emily Hileman)
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