City-wide Clean Up on Saturday

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The City of Lamar is hosting a fall Clean Up Day, Saturday, October 19, from 7am to 4pm.  Free curbside trash collections will be done by City Crews, working through the day with volunteers. 

Clean Up Day 2012

Area residents are asked to have their trash piled in from of their homes no later than 7am.  It’s recommended that the debris and discarded items not be placed the night before.  Items should be separated by content and liquid disposables should be labeled.

Items that will be picked up include:  tires, latex/oil base paint, treated wood items such as fence posts or bridge timbers, used oil filters (drained of oil), white goods such as freezers or washers, tv’s or computers, tree limbs and yard waste ( leaves should be bagged). 

Work crews cannot accept junk vehicles, burn barrels, and loose piles of trash or demolition debris/asbestos items.  Items such as lead acid batteries, fluorescent bulbs, household pesticides or rodent control poisons must be brought to the collection point at the Lamar Fire Department. 

October 19 will also be a free dump day for the City Landfill and City Transfer Station.  Volunteers must meet at 6:30am at the Public Works Department at 103 North Second Street for instructions.  Bring work gloves.  An appreciation BBQ lunch for workers will be served at Willow Creek Park at Noon.