04-13-2007 City Holds 11 th Annual Clean Your Files Day

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Office of the Mayor NEWS RELEASE Friday, April 13, 2007 3:00 PM Contact: Mark Mehall, Solid Waste Management District, 235-9973 ext. 102 Mikki Dobski, Director of Communications & Special Projects, 235-5855 City Holds 11th 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 18, 2007. 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. You may bring up to 100 pounds (approx. 2 '/2 file boxes) to be shredded for free. 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. "We invite all members of the community—residents, businesses, and organizations —to `Clean Your Files' and help make South Bend a Clean City. Each of us has a role to play in conservation," stated Mayor Luecke. 'Recycling saves tons of paper from our landfill each year and makes the most of our natural resources." Clean Your Files Day is a national event sponsored locally by the City of South Bend, Waste Management, Inc., Solid Waste Management District of St. Joseph County, and Central Files, Inc. It is open to the entire community, including households, churches, schools, businesses, and individuals.