Document Destruction
The Buffalo Grove Document Destruction Event is one-day event that allows residents to destroy any sensitive documents such as medical records, tax forms, bank statements.
Please note that the 2020 Document Destruction event will NOT include Electronics Recycling (computers and electronics). The Waste Management's At Your Door Service provides removal services for electronics.
Please note that the 2020 Document Destruction event will NOT include Electronics Recycling (computers and electronics). The Waste Management's At Your Door Service provides removal services for electronics.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Who’s Invited to Participate: Buffalo Grove residents as well as any other residents who live in any of the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) communities are invited participate.
- What to Bring:
- Paper documents (bring to the event in either paper shopping bags or boxes - no plastic bags). There is a limit of six paper shopping bags or file-size boxes per vehicle. Paper must be free of contamination, such as metal clips, plastic sleeves, folders, and binders.
- Additional information. Visit the SWANCC website.
- Hosted. The event is hosted by the Village in coordination with the SWANCC and the Buffalo Grove Environmental Action Team.
2021 Buffalo Grove Document Destruction Event
Sep 18, 2021 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
9am to 12:00 noon
Parking Lot behind Banner Plumbing, 151 Hastings Rd.
See the SWANCC schedule for additional Document Destruction Events.
Sep 18, 2021 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
9am to 12:00 noon
Parking Lot behind Banner Plumbing, 151 Hastings Rd.
- Who’s Invited to Participate: Buffalo Grove residents as well as any other residents who live in any of the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) communities are invited participate.
- What to Bring:
- Paper documents (bring to the event in either paper shopping bags or boxes - no plastic bags). There is a limit of six paper shopping bags or file-size boxes per vehicle. Paper must be free of contamination, such as metal clips, plastic sleeves, folders, and binders.
- Government ID to prove your place of residence.
- No Electronics for the 2021 Event. The 2021 Document Destruction event will NOT include Electronics Recycling (computers and electronics). The Waste Management's At Your Door Service provides removal services for electronics.
- Additional information. Visit the SWANCC website.
- Hosted. The event is hosted by the Village in coordination with the SWANCC and the Buffalo Grove Environmental Action Team
See the SWANCC schedule for additional Document Destruction Events.