INC NEWS - Great American Cleanup Begins April 1

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Saturday Cleanups Now Expanded to Multiple Locations Throughout the City
 
Durham, N.C. – It’s now even more convenient for Durham residents to clean
up the community thanks to new drop-off locations for the City of Durham’s
Annual Great American Cleanup.  Durham residents can now take advantage of
this month-long event by swapping reusable items and disposing of
accumulated household debris at drop-off locations located throughout
Durham. 
 
Durham’s Great American Cleanup, formerly known as the Spring Clean &
Swap, is a series of Saturday cleanups for City residents and residential
property owners to dispose of materials that are not accepted at curbside
waste collection.  This year’s event, sponsored by the City’s Department
of Solid Waste Management and Keep Durham Beautiful, Inc. (KDB), will be
held from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the following locations:
 
Saturday, April 1, 2006
·         City’s Waste Disposal and Recycling Center, 2115 East Club
Boulevard
·         Durham County Stadium, 2700 Stadium Drive
 
Saturday, April 8, 2006
·         City’s Waste Disposal and Recycling Center, 2115 East Club
Boulevard
 
Saturday, April 22, 2006
·         City’s Waste Disposal and Recycling Center, 2115 East Club
Boulevard
·         Lakewood Shopping Center, 2000 Chapel Hill Road
 
Saturday, April 29, 2006
·         City’s Waste Disposal and Recycling Center, 2115 East Club
Boulevard
·         UDI Industrial Park, 4608 Industry Lane
·         City’s Southern Boundaries Park, 3400 Third Fork Road
 
According to Dorothea Pierce, program coordinator for KDB, this annual
event promotes a cleaner community.  “Durham’s Great American Cleanup
encourages our residents to swap reusable items and to properly dispose of
household junk and debris,” Pierce said.  “This event engages Durham
residents to take greater responsibility for improving their community and
will hopefully make a noticeable difference in the appearance of our
city.”
 
Swap Shop
Residents can also bring items to the events that are still usable,
fixable or workable to be swapped or donated to the Swap Shop. The goal of
the Swap Shop is to keep as much material out of the landfill as possible,
helping the city to meet its overall waste reduction goals by extending
the useful life of materials.  Eligible items include appliances, tools,
toys, housewares and office items.
 
Household Hazardous Waste Collection
A separate collection for household hazardous waste will also be held
Saturdays, April 1, 8, 22, and 29, 2006, from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the
Household Hazardous Waste Center located at 1900 East Club Boulevard. 
Household hazardous waste includes items like automotive, garden and
photographic chemicals, paints, batteries and fluorescent light bulbs.
 
Guidelines
·         Participation in Durham’s Great American Cleanup is free to city
residents who bring acceptable items in cars, pickup trucks and trailers
less than eight feet in length.
 
·         Acceptable items include yard waste, trash, garbage, broken
appliances, broken furniture and tires (off rims).  Household Hazardous
Waste (HHW) is only accepted at the HHW Center at 1900 East Club
Boulevard.
 
·         Shingles are not permitted.  Tires still on rims are unacceptable.
 
·         Tipping fees will apply to loads brought in commercial vehicles,
cargo trucks, stake-bodied trucks, moving/vans trucks and trailers over
eight feet in length ($39.50 per ton for trash, $24 per ton for yard
debris).
 
·         All uncovered loads are subject to a fine.
 
·         No resident may take more than three large items from the Swap
Shop before 1 p.m. during any Saturdays of the month-long event.
 
For more information about Durham’s Great American Cleanup, contact Durham
One Call at (919) 560-1200.
 
About the Department of Solid Waste Management
The City of Durham's Department of Solid Waste Management promotes and
supports a high quality of life for the citizens of Durham by providing
comprehensive, responsive, environmentally safe, efficient and
cost-effective solid waste collection, recycling and disposal programs. 
Department services include the Impact Team, residential garbage
collection, recycling collection, cart delivery and repair, commercial
dumpster collection, yard waste collection and recycling, cardboard
collection, bulky brush and bulky item pickup, street cleaning and waste
disposal.  For more information about this department, visit the City’s
website at http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/solid/.