City Of Ames: Stash The Trash And Stream Clean-Up Is April 30

Ames IA

13 April, 2022

3:03 PM

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Press release from the City of Ames: April 11, 2022 Two community sustainability events, the annual Stash the Trash and the Ioway Creek Stream Clean-Up, are scheduled for Saturday, April 30. These events are co-sponsored by City of Ames and local partners. "These are terrific opportunities for those interested in sustainability and giving back to the community," said Resource Recovery Plant Superintendent Bill Schmitt. "After a long winter, garbage can collect in public spaces around Ames. We need help from volunteers to get those areas cleaned up and the garbage collected and properly disposed of." Stash the Trash is an annual volunteer community clean-up. Participants choose an area of the city to pick up litter and drop it off at the dumpster located in the parking lot at Reiman Gardens, 1407 University Blvd. The dumpster will be available from Friday, April 29, through Sunday, May 1, to drop off garbage collected during the community clean-up. Volunteers may pick up bags at the Resource Recovery Plant, 110 Center Ave., or the east lobby of City Hall, 515 Clark Ave., beginning Monday, April 18. Bags will also be available the morning of April 30 at the dumpster location. For more information, please call the Resource Recovery Plant at 515.239.5137. The Stream Clean-Up of trash along Ioway Creek will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 30. Volunteers for this event must register by Monday, April 25. The event is co-hosted with Iowa State University Facilities and Planning Management, ISU Office of Sustainability, Prairie Rivers of Iowa, Outdoor Alliance, Skunk River Paddlers, and Story County Conservation. More information and online registration is available at https://www.prrcd.org/__ioway_creek_cleanup/ This press release was produced by the City of Ames. The views expressed here are the author's own.