Spring Cleanup & Recycling Day
As part of Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup, the Spring Cleanup & Recycling Day is a community-wide litter cleanup. In 2014, the date of the cleanup is April 12 (nb: moved from 19). Call us for more info.
Here's how it works: Around 8 it's kind of crazy, but we'll have enough
clipboards so you can come and get one for your group to sign in. You'll
get supplies from us - we'll use black garbage bags (instead of our usual
orange), and clear or white 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.
You'll go to your assigned spot and pick up the litter. There will be a number to call when you've left bags, and 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. At 11 we fire up the grill and put on some of Arnold's Market's great hot dogs. By noon we serve lunch, so groups are encouraged to be back at Turley before noon.
We're adding a new twist this year. If you come across discarded electronics (see list below), you need to keep that separate from the other trash and recyclables. City workers are prohibited from knowingly handling them. Volunteers should bring those back to Turley Park and we'll make sure they get to Southern Recycling.
You'll go to your assigned spot and pick up the litter. There will be a number to call when you've left bags, and 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. At 11 we fire up the grill and put on some of Arnold's Market's great hot dogs. By noon we serve lunch, so groups are encouraged to be back at Turley before noon.
We're adding a new twist this year. If you come across discarded electronics (see list below), you need to keep that separate from the other trash and recyclables. City workers are prohibited from knowingly handling them. Volunteers should bring those back to Turley Park and 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
