Annual Spring Clean-Up - April 20 To 24

Each spring, the District of Hope designates one week when residents can clear their yards of discarded appliances, scrap metals, branches, furniture etc. Spring Clean-Up Week applies to those who pay annual residential garbage fees. Commercial, industrial and institutional customers are not eligible Here are some tips for a successful spring clean-up for '98:

• Only one pickup truck load per residence will be picked up. If you exceed one pickup load of material, you are permitted to take one pick-up load of yard and household items to the Hope Landfill site from April 20 to April 24, 11:00 to 4:00 P.M., at no charge. Excess materials will not be picked up.
• Group items into three categories for pickup: a) metal; b) wood waste; c) garbage. Place these items adjacent to regular refuse and blue bag recycling.
• Paint or batteries will not be accepted. These items may be taken directly to R & R Recycling at 930 Sixth Avenue.
• No asphalt, concrete, railroad ties, oil, varsol, paint thinners, or treated lumber will be accepted. For further information on disposing these items, call the Recycling Hotline at 1-800-667-4321.
• Branches and brush cuttings should be cut into four foot lengths or less and bundled in one foot diameter bundles with string or rope, not wire. Stumps will not be picked up.
• Items must be placed at curbside on the same day as your regular garbage pick up day. Crews will not retrieve items from your house or back yard.
• Tires will be accepted but rims must be removed.