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Jul 31, 2023

Citywide cleanup planned for September

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

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