Annual city clean-up dates April 14-18

From Staff Reports

The annual spring cleanup is slated for Tuesday, April 14, through Saturday, April 18.

Items will be received from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, through Friday, April 17, and from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 18.

The city will not provide curbside pickup. Dumpsters will be on the city property behind TH Rogers Lumber Company. All participants must bring a form of identification and proof of city residency.

Items accepted include furniture, stoves, dishwashers, bicycles, compressed gas cylinders, car batteries, fire extinguishers, washers, dryers, electronic waste, air conditioners and refrigerators (if Freon removed by certified technician), compressors (accepted as a separate item), fluorescent bulbs, cleaners (water based), paints, chemicals, oil, oil filters, tires (four per household), anti-freeze, aerosols, flammable liquids and solids, pesticides, etc.

Please separate items into three categories: metal, refuse and brush.

Items not accepted are household trash, construction material, anything containing Freon or items too large to fit in dumpster.

There is a limit of three trips per household.

Brush need to be taken to the dumpster location and then taken to the city burn site on Greer Street.

For information, call 451-8654 or 451-1122.