Edwardsville has scheduled a city-wide cleanup on Saturday, May 21.
The event will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until all available containers have been filled. It will take place in the City Hall parking lot, 690 S. 4th St., Edwardsville.
Those who participate in this cleanup must be residents of the city of Edwardsville and will be required to bring proof of residency, such as a utility bill or driver’s license, in order to unload their materials, a spokesman said.
There will be nine 40-yard Deffenbaugh dumpsters available as well as a 40-yard container for scrap metal provided by Advantage Metals. City staff will be on hand to help participants unload items.
Acceptable materials include: large applies such as refrigerators; scrap metal; electronic waste such as monitors and computers; bulky garbage such as mattresses; garbage normally accepted during trash pickup.
Items that are not acceptable include paint, batteries, oil, flammable materials, explosive materials, tires, concrete, stone, dirt and asphalt shingles.
Brush and yard waste may be taken to Deffenbaugh’s composting facility at 17955 Holliday Drive, Shawnee, Kan. Also, the Unified Government’s yard waste drop off site is open from now until November. Operating hours are Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. It is closed and holidays and weekends with holidays.