For the second year in a row, as part of its on-going effort to keep the community clean, Great Bend officials are planning a week-long citywide cleanup campaign, it was announced at the City Council meeting Monday night.
The effort will run from Friday, Sept. 8, through Sunday, Sept. 17. Sunflower Diversified Services’ fenced lot at 5605 10th St. will be the staging area with roll-off dumpsters where residents can deposit their trash.
“Certainly, let’s take advantage of this opportunity and let’s get things cleaned up as we can,” City Administrator Brandon Anderson said.
The hours will be:
• Friday, Sept. 8 – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Saturday, Sept. 9 – 1-5 p.m.
• Sunday, Sept. 10 – 1-5 p.m.
• Monday through Friday, Sept. 11-15 – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Saturday, Sept. 16 – 1-5 p.m.
• Sunday, Sept. 17 – 1-5 p.m.
They will accept tires, metal, ma tresses and appliances, but no household hazardous waste will be taken, Anderson said.
“We are partnering with Sunflower Diversified,” he said. “So there’ll be a recycling component to what we’re doing.”
That means, also accepted will be the items taken by Sunflower, he said.
These include:
• Office paper
Pastel paper, envelopes,
Mailings, file folders,
Carbonless forms
White ledger paper
Typing & copy paper
Adding machine tape
Computer paper
Green/blue/orange bar paper
White form feed paper
Shredded paper
• Magazines
All slick paper
• Newspapers
Published newspapers
• Corrugated cardboard
Heavier cardboard—three layers of paper that include an inside and outside liner.
Shipping boxes, diaper boxes,
Moving, TV and appliance boxes
Brown paper bags
• Tin cans
Vegetable cans, soup cans (Rinsed)
• Plastic bottles #1
Plastic pop & juice bottles
• Plastic bottles #2
Laundry detergent bottles
Coffee containers
• Plastic milk jugs #2
(Rinse & Remove Lids)
• Aluminum cans
Pop cans (Purchased or Donated)
• Aluminum
Pie pans
Clean foil
• Glass bottles
(Rinse & Remove Lids)
NO Window Glass
• E-waste
Flat screen TVs, computers,
Computers monitors, keyboards
NO Tube TVs
