Monday, September 14, 2009

Lowry Hill East Neighborhood CleanSweep on September 19

Date:  Saturday, September 19th 
Time:   9:00am - 12:00pm 
Location:  Lowry Hill East Neighborhood 

Hosted by the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association (LHENA) NRP in conjunction with the City of Minneapolis.

Three trucks will pick up unwanted burnable items, electronics/appliances, and tires from streets and alleys throughout Lowry Hill East. Please place materials where you normally set your garbage by 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning.

We are still looking for volunteers to accompany and load items onto the trucks in one-hour shifts! Scouts and other organized youth groups are encouraged to participate. If interested, please contact the LHENA office at 612-377-5023 or lhena@thewedge.org by Wednesday, Sept. 16th.

Items which WILL be collected include:

  1. Garbage Packer Truck (Burnable Items)
    • Arm Chair
    • Ashes-cold (double bag)
    • Bottles, medicine
    • Cartons (milk, 12/24 pack drink)
    • Clothing (unusable rags)
    • Couch (under 50% metal – no hide-a-bed)
    • Carpet
    • Dresser
    • End table
    • Food scraps
    • Furniture parts
    • Glass, broken (double bag, paper, then plastic)
    • Household garbage (bagged, boxed or wrapped)
    • Litter
    • Mattress
    • Pet droppings (double bagged)
    • Polystyrene foam
    • Saw dust (double bagged)
    • Storm doors-wood
    • Tubs (butter, margarine, yogurt)
    • Venetian blinds
    • Wood storm windows
    • Wood chairs
  2. Specialty Metal Truck (Electronics/Appliances)
    • Air conditioners
    • Appliances
    • Bed springs
    • Bicycles
    • Clothes line poles (no concrete)
    • Computers & Monitors
    • Couch with hide-a-bed
    • File cabinets
    • Items over 50% metal
    • Lawn mowers
    • Metal pieces (no concrete)
    • Metal Shelving
    • Pipes under 6 ft.
    • Snow blowers (drain fluids)
    • Swing set (dismantle)
    • Televisions
    • Tubs (cast iron)
    • VCRs

  3. Specialty Tire Truck
    • Tires

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