Residents who live in the city of Lafayette and unincorporated areas of Lafayette Parish can start gathering personal and sensitive paper documents for Paper Shredding Day.

Lafayette Consolidated Government’s Department of Environmental Quality and Keep Lafayette Beautiful are hosting the free event to give residents an opportunity to destroy personal information while tying in Lafayette Recycling Week to encourage recycling.

Paper Shredding Day is on Saturday, November 12 at the Robicheaux Recreation Center at 1919 Eraste Landry Road from 8 a.m.-noon.

Event Details:

• Documents will be shredded on-site
• Papers can be stapled but must be free of binders and clips
• Open only to residents of the city of Lafayette and residents of unincorporated areas of Lafayette Parish
• Documents from businesses are not accepted
• The limit per household is three kitchen-sized garbage bags
• Only documents containing personal and sensitive information are permitt