Satisfy your urge to purge!

Published 9:14 am Thursday, October 23, 2008

This Saturday in Everett, PEMCO Insurance is sponsoring a “shredding event” to benefit the Camp Fire USA Snohomish County Council.

Shredding hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Fluke Corporation, 9028 Evergreen Way, Everett.

Shred-it, a Canadian company, will provide a mobile industrial shredder to destroy unwanted documents and electronics containing personal data.

According to a press release from Seattle-based PEMCO: “In addition to paper documents such as old bank and tax statements, receipts and junk mail, Shred-it will also destroy computer hard drives on site for a required fee of $20 per hard drive. Compact discs, DVDs, videocassettes and many other electronic materials will also be accepted for a required fee of $1 per pound and destroyed off site.”

If you have old computer components to unload, Shred-it will also accept complete desktop computers including a tower, monitor and keyboard for a fee of $50, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit Camp Fire.

“All materials collected at the event will be properly destroyed and recycled,” according to the press release.

Visit this site to learn more about Shred-it.