Okay, it rained on April 22, but 50 hearty souls braved the rain.  Still, we had hot dogs and T-SHIRTS to spare, so we did it again on May 6 - cleaning up the east side of Carbondale, including route 13 into town, for the folks coming down for graduation. :-)
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Each year, approximately 200 volunteers commit to a litter cleanup for 3 hours, collecting
3,000 to 6,000 pounds of debris from the community.

Keep Carbondale Beautiful’s

Annual Spring Cleanup & Recycling Day
 
Saturday, May 6 | 9am-12pm | 
Meet @ Attucks Park  (NOTE New Location) - 800 North Wall St


T-shirts and lunch are provided for the day.
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Preregister HERE
or
Contact Keep Carbondale Beautiful at keepcb1326@gmail.com (618) 525-5525.

This event is part of the Great American Cleanup with Keep America Beautiful, a national campaign for beautifying our communities.

Spring Cleanup & Recycling Day

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2014 shirts
As part of Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup, the Spring Cleanup & Recycling Day is a community-wide litter cleanup. In 2017, the date of the cleanup was April 22. 
The date for Round Two is May 6.  Call us for more info.                        

  • usu. 3rd Saturday of April. (well, that's Easter weekend, so we switched it to the 22nd)  9am-12pm. Meet at Attucks Park (usually we are at Turley, but they are hosting the all-species puppet parade)
  • Wear closed-toe shoes. 
  • Please bring your own water bottle and re-fill from our water cooler.
  • Pre-register, esp. groups, or just walk up.  Get the form HERE
  • Adopt-A-Spot groups may do their regular cleanup on this day.  
  • T-shirts & lunch provided, while supplies last.
  • Prizes awarded. Check out the contest rules HERE
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If you are an individual, send us the info requested on the pre-registration form (basically name, cell phone, e-mail - click on "Contact Us" and do it).  Download KCB's individual waiver form  and fill it out in advance, or save paper and sign in when you arrive.

If you have a group, send us the info requested (including group name).  
Next, get the forms you need and get them filled out in advance.
Download the waiver form and have all participants sign it.  Here's a second page for adding more names.   You'll need to have everyone in your group sign the waiver form.

ALL SIU STUDENTS  If you'll want volunteer hours recognized by SIU, bring your ID - you'll be asked to swipe it to be recorded. Download SIU's individual volunteer form. or the group volunteer form. Get that filled out in advance.

Now you are ready to check in! The group's contact person will bring the forms to the registration desk. (Others go to orientation and then swipe, if needed.)
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Next you'll  get supplies  - we'll use black garbage bags (instead of our usual orange), and clear (or white translucent) bags for recycling.  Plus, there will be a number on the bags, to identify your group.  So if you are aiming to win a prize for most trash collected, be sure to use the bags we give you.

Everyone will go through an orientation about what is recyclable vs. trash.  Remember, clean stuff, not mud-covered.
PLEASE have everyone in your group review  -- Go to http://www.keepcb.org/recycling-litter.html to test your knowledge.
 ... And if you come across discarded electronics (see list below), you need to keep that separate from the other trash and recyclables.  Bring those back to Turley Park.

Then - You'll receive your assignment  - the location in town for you to clean up.  
You'll go to your assigned spot and pick up the litter and recyclables.  Leave the trash and recyclables at the locations indicated  on the map. If you leave them in another place, text location to 618 525 5525.  The City truck will come and collect the bags.  The bags will be returned to Turley Park to be weighed.  (Prizes go to those who pick up the most trash-and-recyclables.)  The group can keep collecting, or call and get assigned another spot, or come back to Turley and be re-assigned.  Most groups work till 11 or so ... no later than 12.  At 11 we fire up the grill and put on some of Arnold's Market's hot dogs. (This year the vegetarian alternative is PB&J sandwiches.)  

Take note!  City workers are prohibited from knowingly handling electronics. That's why you need to bring the following items back to Turley Park yourself.  We'll make sure they get to Southern Recycling.

  • Televisions
  • Facsimile (Fax) Machines
  • Computer Monitors
  • Video Recorders (VCRs)
  • Computer Towers
  • Digital Video Disc (DVD) Players & Recorders
  • Laptop Computers, Printers
  • Keyboards and Electronic Mice
  • Scanners
  • Small Scale Servers Video Game Consoles
  • Digital Converter Boxes
  • Cable Receivers
  • Satellite Receivers
  • IPODs and MP3 players