04-13-2006 City Holds 10th Annual Clean Your Files Day

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Office of the Mayor NEWS RELEASE Thursday,April 13, 2006 Contact: Mark Mehall, Solid Waste Management District, 235-9973 ext. 102 Mikki Dobski, Director of Communications & Special Projects, 235-5855 City Holds loth Annual Clean Your Files Day Celebrate Earth Day and help make South Bend a Clean City by participating in Clean Your Files Day on Wednesday, April 19, 2006. You can catch up on spring cleaning and improve our environment by bringing your paper by the car load or box load to be recycled for free, at the College Football Hall of Fame parking lot, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Volunteers will help you unload your paper into an on-site, curbside recycling truck. If you have sensitive material that needs shredded, Central Files, Inc. will have locked secure document receptacles at the Hall of Fame. The amount you may bring to be shredded for free has been increased to 100 pounds (approx. 2 '/2 file boxes). Amounts over 100 pounds may be taken directly to Central Files, Inc., located at 922 South Main St.,just south of the Main and Sample Street intersection in South Bend. A per pound fee of 11¢ will apply; for more information contact Central Files at 289-3000. AClean Your Files Day reminds each of us that we can play a role in building a clean city by making the choice to recycle at home and at work,@ stated Mayor Luecke. AThe City of South Bend is pleased to join the US Conference of Mayors in promoting Clean Your Files Day and encouraging businesses, churches, and community organizations, large and small, to recycle rather than dispose of tons of paper each year." Clean Your Files Day is a national event sponsored locally by the City of South Bend, Waste Management, Inc. and the Solid Waste Management District of St. Joseph County. It is open to the entire community, including households, churches, schools, businesses, and individuals.