Bring out your trash.
In two weeks, starting on April 29 and running until May 9, the Town of Drumheller will be cruising the streets and alleys for Drumheller’s unwanted items in the annual Spring Cleanup.
Residents can bring almost anything they wish to get rid of to their garbage. Town staff will then take it away free of charge.
This year is slated to run much like the last, with East Coulee and Nacmine the first two areas covered. Over the following week, crews will migrate to the centre of town.
Residents are encouraged to discard almost anything, but there are a few rules.
Norm Panisiak (left) and Markus Goodhope toss a few odds and ends into a bin during the Town of Drumheller’s spring cleanup last year. The 2013 cleanup is slated to begin April 29. This year, tires with rims will be accepted during the cleanup.
“People have to go to Town Hall to pay for their freon appliances to be removed. They get a sticker there, which has to be put on their fridge,” said Tammi Nygaard, operations manager of the Drumheller and District Solid Waste Management Association.
Residents are also asked to organize their items to help crews efficiently collect as many items as possible. Also, items must be on the ground, not in trailers or trucks.
Last year, crews were extremely grateful for how well residents sorted their items.
As with previous years, barrels with lids will not be accepted.
“We are not accepting barrels with lids on them. We don’t know what is in them or was in them. Alberta Environment doesn’t allow any landfills to accept them. If people want us to take them, they have to be steam cleaned and the lids taken off,” said Nygaard.
One new item added to the acceptable items list is tires with rims, which were not allowed last year.
