At the parking lot of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota, cars drive in a single-file line through orange cones and park by a large truck belonging to A1 Shredding and Recycling Inc. More than 250 vehicles passed through to drop off sensitive documents to be shredded.
Shred Stock is the city of Sarasota鈥檚 biannual event. They shredded five tons of paper, saving about 85 trees. And, due to popular demand, outdated electronics were also collected to be wiped of any data before being destroyed.
Brandon Crisp, with the company Rocycle, gathered the old tech. He said this is the most he’s collected at any event. “Usually, we’re pretty slow with events, so I only bring three pallets. I filled all three pallets, and I’m overflowing now,鈥� he said.