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Paper Shredding and Book Recycling Events

Albany Department of General Services sponsors two (2) FREE Paper Shredding events each year. Albany residents can bring documents to be shredded, and they will be shredded on-site. DGS also collects hard and soft-cover books for recycling. Books are NOT redistributed/reused.

 

We would like to inform residents that there will be only one shredding event this year.


The event will be held in front of the Washington Park Lake House.

Please enter through the Madison Ave entrance. 

 

 

2025 Dates

 

Saturday, October 4, 2025 (1 pm - 4 pm)

 

 

Please try to transport papers to be shredded in boxes, reusable totes, or paper bags. They will be returned once your paper has been dumped.

 

Residents will have the opportunity to watch their paper being shredded. 

Accepted

Special Instructions

Not Accepted

All Types of

Paper   

 

Checkbooks    

 

Notebooks   

 

Workbooks    

 

Envelopes  

 
Paper Folders  

 
Magazines   


Catalogs  

 
Newspapers 
 

There is no limit on the amount of paper to be shredded 




Remove all paper from spiral bound notebooks or remove the metal spiral spine itself 

Carbon Paper

 

Plastic Folders 

 

Plastic Wrapping  

 

Binders 

 

 CD's

 

VCR Tapes 

 

Electronics 

 

 Audio Cassette Tapes

Print Event Flyer

Shredding services provided by:


VRC Vital Records Control
748 Pierce Road, Clifton Park, New York 12065
(518) 877-4060

 

https://vitalrecordscontrol.com/location/albany-ny/