City Of Paducah: City-County Spring Clean Up Day Set For April 23

Paducah KY

16 April, 2022

12:13 PM

Description

Press release from the City of Paducah: April 14, 2022 The free service, rain or shine, will be Saturday, April 23, 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Republic Services transfer station, 829 Burnett Street. All Paducah and McCracken County residents must bring proper identification (such as a driver's license) to verify residency. Those who are in line by 2 p.m. will be able to participate in Spring Clean Up Day. For everyone's safety, please remain in your vehicle. Staff will unload the items. Paducah Public Works Director Chris Yarber said, "Spring Clean Up Day is a busy day for our crews and partner agencies, but we look forward to this day since it is a valuable service for keeping our community clean. This is the opportunity for city and county residents to dispose of items that may not fit or be appropriate for their weekly garbage collection including appliances, tires, e-scrap, and more. Plus, this event benefits the environment. The proper disposal of household cleaners, herbicides, and other chemicals is critical in protecting the environment from products that could cause a negative impact." LOCATION AND TRAFFIC FLOW: Spring Clean Up Day is held at Republic Services and the adjacent parking lot of the Paducah Public Works facility on North 10th Street. To maintain traffic flow, drivers need to enter from North 10th Street off Park Avenue. Traffic will turn right onto Burnett Street to go through the drop-off line. Traffic will not be allowed to enter from North 8th or 9th Streets. Household hazardous waste items, e-scrap and batteries, ammunition, and prescriptions are off-loaded last in line. Please separate your items to make the trip go quicker. ACCEPTED ITEMS: Accepted items include household garbage, major appliances (tagged Freon-free), tires (The limit is 8 tires. Tires on the rim are accepted; however, no heavy equipment, solid, rubber track, or foam-filled tires), household hazardous waste (labelled and in original container), ammunition, expired or no longer needed prescription medications, batteries, and e-scrap. No medical waste, commercial waste, or radioactive items will be accepted. Paducah Power System is teaming up with Clean Earth, Inc. for the safe disposal of mercury-filled items and unbroken bulbs. Many types of bulbs contain a small amount of mercury and are not recommended for residential garbage collection. Each family turning in unbroken bulbs will receive one new LED bulb. Recyclables such as paper, plastic, and steel and aluminum cans should be taken to the Green for Life recycling drop-off location at 400 State Street. POPULARITY: Annually, approximately 700 vehicles go through the line to dispose of more than 200 tons of household garbage, appliances, and scrap metal. That tonnage is in addition to the tires, hazardous materials, prescriptions, and ammunition collected. This press release was produced by the City of Paducah. The views expressed here are the author's own.