GREEN RIVER – Many residents throughout Sweetwater County have started spring cleaning around their homes and yards. The city of Green River is also getting ready to make the community shine.
The Green River Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the City of Green River is excited to announce its 2015 City-Wide Clean Up. Similar to past annual events, City of Green River citizens are encouraged to help beautify the city by picking up trash and debris that has collected over the past year. The event is planned for Saturday, May 16th. Areas of focus include the business corridors and education and recreation areas within the city limits.
On Saturday, May 16th volunteers will congregate at the Green River Chamber of Commerce/Visitor Center at 8 a.m. to enjoy breakfast, get garbage bags, gloves and a free t-shirt, then choose an area to clean. Volunteers will then proceed to their assigned area and collect trash and debris until 11 a.m. Items for disposal need to be placed on the curb so that City employees can haul them to the dump.
Info For Clean Up Week
The City of Green River and the Green River Solid Waste Division are passing along information which residents should be aware of during clean up week May 11 to May 15.
o The City of Green River Solid Waste Division will be offering free flatbed pick ups for residential customers Monday, May 11 through Friday, May 15.
o Items will be collected on your normal collection day.
o Place the items near, but do not block, your automated trash container.
o The flatbed truck will run separately from the regular trash collection truck. Do not be alarmed if your trash can is dumped before the other items are removed.
o Excessive loads will be charged. This will be at the driver’s discretion.
o Please separate metal from other items for pick up. Metal will be picked up separately.
o Refrigerators and freezers will be collected at no charge. Doors must be removed and all food must be emptied out of the refrigerators/freezers.
o Tree limbs must be cut into four-foot sections.
o Used oil, railroad ties, tires, batteries, paint, tree stumps, and other hazardous materials will not be collected.
o The City of Green River will allow free Landfill access to local businesses and/or contractors who clean up their storage yards. Free access to the Landfill will be from Saturday, May 9 through Saturday, May 16, 2015. Businesses must notify the Scalehouse Operator of Clean Up Week waste. Landfill hours of operation are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please ensure you have ample time to dump your load and be out of the gate by 6 p.m.
o City Wide Clean Up Day – May 16. Call the Chamber at 875-5711 for details and/or to sign up.
If you have any questions, please call 872-0531
