Protect your private information and shred those sensitive records at the city of Bothell’s free residential Document Destruction Event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Bothell City Hall parking lot (18305 101st Ave. N.E.). The last car will be accepted at 1:30 p.m.

For free, residents may bring up to three paper grocery bags or two copy paper-sized boxes (12″x15″x10″) of their residential records of items that identity thieves most commonly use, such as bank statements, ATM receipts, and old tax records. The city contracts with a document-destruction company to pulverize the records right there on the premises, making them a recyclable material. Electronic media disposal will also be available for CDs and DVDs. All electronic media must be separated from paper. Bring your photo ID for residency verification.

This event is for residential records only, no business records. Do not include binder clips, spiral notebooks, folders with prongs, magazines, books or other material that may harm the equipment. Do not dispose of moldy or wet documents, garbage, recycling or medicine bottles. Customers may be asked to remove such items before documents can be destroyed.

Nonperishable food items will be accepted for donation to a local food bank.