BBB shredding day
Posted/updated on: April 21, 2026 at 12:53 am
TYLER – The Better Business Bureau in Tyler collected thousands of documents and devices from East Texans on Saturday during their annual Shred Day event.
The annual collection event usually sees between 500 to 800 cars drive up but in just their first hour of collections on Saturday the Better Business Bureau (BBB) saw over 200 cars roll up with documents. The BBB said it’s all being done to protect the identities of East Texans.
“We want to make sure that we are helping people protect their identity. Identity theft happens every 4.9 seconds in this country and so we want to remind people that we need to be secure and make sure that our documents are shredded securely,” Mechele Mills with BBB of Central East Texas said.
The Better Business Bureau’s annual event also takes old computers, hard drives and cell phones to be destroyed and recycled. To learn more, visit the Better Business Bureau online.
