Community-wide cleanups will be offered in April for Brownwood, Early and Bangs.
Details of the three cities’ clean-up and recycling efforts are as follows:
Brownwood: April 6th 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Brownwood residents will be offered a community cleanup day on Saturday, April 6th as part of the state-wide “Don’t Mess with Texas Trash Off.” The cleanup will be held under the Bill Monroe (Austin Avenue) Overpass at Avenue A and Brady Avenue. The hours for the cleanup will be 8:00 AM -2:00 PM.
Keep Brownwood Beautiful and the City of Brownwood hold these clean ups to discourage illegal dumping and to encourage code compliance.
Guidelines for the clean ups are as follows:
An in-town site for cars, vans, and pickups only will be located under the Austin Avenue Overpass at Avenue A & Brady. Those with trailer loads must go to landfill where there will be no charge between the hours of 8 am and 2pm. Loads must be covered as this is a state of Texas law.
Acceptable clean up items include: brush, yard debris, household garbage, latex & spray paint (limit 10 gallons), metal, refrigerators (must be free of food), stoves, ovens, a/c units, anti-freeze, car batteries, passenger car tires (max 8 per household, must be 20 inches or less. Tires will not be accepted from tire dealers or tire resellers. No tractor or 18 wheeler tires), used motor oil (limit 5 gallons per state law)
Electronic items accepted during the cleanup are: computers, monitors, printers, copy machines, fax machines, scanners, cameras, batteries VCR/VCD/DVD players, and MP3players. If it has an electrical cord, we’ll probably take it. Recycling will be collected at the Community Plaza across the street from underpass.
No hazardous waste will be accepted at these clean ups.
Groups looking for a community project and interested in helping are encouraged to call KBB at 641-0533. KBB will have a number of sites in Brownwood selected for litter pickups. Trash bags, bag holders, tongs gloves and trash hauling will be provided for your group. For information about what is being collected, call the city at 641-8832.
For more information about how you can help our community environment, visit Keep Brownwood Beautiful Facebook page, their website www.keepbrownwoodbeautiful.org or attend one of KBB’s monthly meetings which are held the last Tuesday of each month at the City Services Building at 4200 HWY 377 South.
Early: Second Saturday of each month beginning in April
Beginning in April, there will be a recycling trailer from the City of Brownwood’s Recycling Center parked at Early City Hall (next to Sonic Drive-In) on the second Saturday of each month. This month it will be on April 13, 2013 from 8 am to noon.
The Early Beautification Commission is seeking volunteers to assist with this project for a few hours per month.
Early Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Wanda Furgason encourages citizens to recycle and help the City of Early reduce costs. “As you know, all trash pickups go to Brown County landfill since Early doesn’t have one. So, the more citizens and businesses recycle items like newspaper, magazines, aluminum cans, glass bottles and plastic water bottles/milk jugs (#1 & #2), the more it saves,” explained Furgason. “This recycling effort also collects cardboard, white paper and shredded paper.”
For questions or more information please call Wanda at Early Chamber (325) 649-9300 or Brenda at Early City Hall (325) 643-5451.
Bangs: April 27th – Items at curb by 7:00 a.m.
There will be a citywide cleanup Saturday, April 27 in Bangs. Items must be at the curb by 7 a.m. Items NOT accepted are paint, oil, batteries, tires and any type hazardous materials. Please remember that brush must be in four-foot bundles. No vines please.
