2017 Spring Cleanup Week – May 1st to 5th

SPRING CLEANUP WEEK

FOR BLOSSBURG BOROUGH RESIDENTS ONLY

MAY 1st through 5th, 2017

Items for pickup should be put out on Saturday or Sunday night, April 29-April 30, 2017. All items must be out by Tuesday night, May 2, 2017. All spring cleanup items will be picked up by Friday, May 5, 2017.

If you do not place at curb or – if items for free pickup are mixed with weekly garbage, it will NOT beĀ picked up.

Please remember to comply with the requirements. If any items are not picked up, you may telephone the Borough, with any questions.

The following list is what must be followed as the Borough must comply with rules at the landfill, also.

 

  1. LIMIT of two (2) pickup truckloads of trash per household.
  2. NO TIRES (new rules from state: only certain stickered vehicles allowed to take tires, this is not a Borough rule).
  3. NO ELECTRONICS such as computers, printers, TVs, etc.
  4. NO WOOD such as remodeling materials unless cut into short lengths and bundled so that ONE person may pick up. NO WHOLE BUILDINGS.
  5. GRASS AND LEAVES: If you have leaves from yard cleanup, place the leaves and grass cuttings in a separate container-bags, etc. IF STONES, ROCKS, STICKS are mixed in with grass and leaves, they will not be picked up.
  6. BRUSH MUST BE CUT OR BROKEN INTO SMALL PIECES WHICH MAY BE EASILY HANDLED.
  7. METAL MUST BE SEPARATE.

 

Refrigerators, freezers, air-conditioning units will be billed at $5.00 each due to regulations at landfill.

If requirements are not met, free removal will not be available to you.

Any questions? Please telephone the Borough Manager at 570-638-2452.

This project is very costly, so your cooperation is needed if the free pickup is to be continued.

Thanks to everyone who has been helpful in the past, it is greatly appreciated.

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