Ocean County’s free document shredding program to take effect April through October

Want to clear out paper clutter without exposing sensitive information and risking identity theft? The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders will kick off its free residential document shredding program at the Eagleswood Township municipal building on April 5 from noon to 5 p.m. The program will run through October. The work is being carried out by Autoshred of Toms River at no charge to the county.

“Under the direction of Freeholder Jim Lacey, our liaison to recycling, this program is not only popular with our residents but provides them a layer of safety against identity theft,” Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari said.

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The truck has the capacity to hold 8,000 
pounds of paper shreds.

The program is only open to county residents, who can attend any open site. Commercial documents, x-rays, CDs, floppy disks, microfilm and file folders will not be accepted. The program is for all paper documents and paper forms only. Paperclips and staples do not have to be removed. Residents can bring six boxes or bags each day. No registration is required.

The shredding unit features an automatic feeding and dumping system, which eliminates the need for human contact with a resident’s documents, Lacey assured.

All collection dates will run the complete scheduled time or until the truck, which has the capacity to hold 8,000 pounds, is full.

The dates, times and locations of the program from April through June are: April 5, noon to 2 p.m., Eagleswood Township Municipal Complex, 146 Division St.; April 19, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Berkeley Township Recycling Center, 630 Pinewald Keswick Rd.; May 7, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Little Egg Harbor Township Community Center, 319 West Calabreeze Way; May 10, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Plumsted Township, Lakeview Dr. by the pedestrian bridge; June 14, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Jackson Township Rear Municipal Building Parking Lot, 95 West Veterans Highway; and June 21, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Seaside Heights Borough Recycling Center, Bay Boulevard and Sherman Avenue.

The program logistics for July through October are: July 19, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Ship Bottom Borough Hall, back parking lot, 1621 Long Beach Blvd.; July 25, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Toms River Township, Riverwood Park, 250 Riverwood Dr.; Aug. 2, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Manchester Township Public Works Yard, 1360 Route 70; Aug. 9, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Brick Township Public works Yard, 836 Ridge Rd.; Aug. 16, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lacey Township Public Works Yard, 820 Municipal Lane; Aug. 24, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lakewood Township Public Works Yard, 1 America Ave.; Sept. 6, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Stafford Township, Southern Ocean County Recycling Center, 379 Haywood Rd.; Sept. 12, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Toms River Township, Riverwood Park, 250 Riverwood Dr.; Sept. 20, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lakehurst Borough Public Works Yard, 800 Myrtle St.; Oct. 4, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Point Pleasant Beach Public Works Yard, 301 Cooks Rd.; Oct. 25, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Beachwood Municipal Complex, 1600 Pinewald Rd.

For more information, contact the Ocean County Department of Solid Waste Management at 732-506-5047 or visit www.co.ocean.nj.us.

— Kelley Anne Essinger


This article was published in The SandPaper.