BBB to Host Free Secure Your ID Document Shredding Event in Tyler
Tyler, Texas, March 21, 2025 –Better Business Bureau serving Central East Texas is part of an expansive network of local BBBs across North America which collaborate to produce Secure-Your-ID events. The program is a BBB-branded identity theft, fraud prevention and educational initiative that features on-site document destruction and distribution of identity protection tips and resources to local communities.
“A large number of identity theft victims traced the theft to something which was stolen from their possession,” Mechele Agbayani Mills, President and CEO of BBB Central East Texas said. “BBB Shred Day is an opportunity for local consumers and businesses to take some proactive measures to prevent identity theft and help the environment through free on-site document shredding, cell phone and computer recycling.”
On Saturday, April 26, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at BBB Tyler offices (6115 New Copeland Rd.), companies and individuals can shred up to three hundred pounds of paper per vehicle at no charge. Please note that no boxes will be taken. Please bring your documents in a plastic bin, plastic garbage bag, or in a box you can keep.
Ark La Tex Shredding is generously donating their services. STS Elecronic Recycling will be providing recycling services. Special thanks to event sponsors Kelly Community Federal Credit Union, Income Solutions Wealth Management, Stonewater Roofing, John Soules Foods, Texas Crystal Blue Pools, and Project One Roofing.
For more information about the events, contact BBB at 903-581-5704 or by going to bbb.org A guide to documents which should be retained can be found on bbb.org.
ABOUT BBB: The Better Business Bureau has empowered people to find businesses, brands, and charities they can trust for over 110 years. In 2023, people turned to BBB more than 218 million times for BBB Business Profiles on 5.3 million businesses, and 80,000 times for BBB charity reports on about 12,000 charities, for free at BBB.org. The International Association of Better Business Bureaus is the umbrella organization for the local, independent BBBs in the United States and Canada. BBB Serving Central East Texas was founded in 1985 and serves 19 counties in East Texas.