Promoting steps to help prevent identity theft while removing old electronics from homes in an environmentally safe way, state Reps. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, D-Cicero, and Michael Zalewski, D-Riverside, are Holding a Shredding and Electronics Recycling event on Saturday, June 6 from 9 a.m. to noon at the L-strip parking lot behind Hernandez’s constituent service office, 2137 S. Lombard Ave. in Cicero.

Electronic items that will be accepted at the event include small-sized and medium sized printers, LCD monitors and computer towers. To further protect local residents’ personal information, data on computers will be erased using Department of Defense standards.

For a full list of electronics that will be accepted and not accepted at the Shredding and Electronics Recycling event, please contact Hernandez’s office at 708-222-5240 or rephernandezstaff@yahoo.com.