Fall city cleanup days set for September

On Sept. 9, 10, 16, 17 and 18, Le Mars residents can dump up to 1,000 pounds of throwaway materials per household in the Plymouth County Landfill for free.

The bill will be paid by the City of Le Mars.

Only people on residential properties can participate in the landfill amnesty. Commercial and industrial properties are not included.

There is no curbside pickup for the clean up days.

Residents must make their own arrangements for hauling items to the landfill those days.

Items included in the landfill amnesty are:

1. Furniture: couches, chairs, mattresses, carpet, padding, garden hose, televisions, humidifiers, computers and monitors.

2. Construction and demolition: Wooden items such as fence post, scrap lumber etc. and other demolition items such as windows, doors, sinks, toilets, storms and screens. (No concrete)

3. Metal: bikes, mowers, metal post, wire, swings, gutter, bed springs, bed frames etc.

4. White goods: $10 demanufacturing fee must be paid at drop off for air conditioners, microwaves, washers, dryers, refrigerators, freezers, fluorescent lights, hot water heaters, furnaces, dishwashers, dehumidifiers, ranges, ovens, trash compactors and other cooling units.

Items not included in this amnesty:

1. Normal household garbage and yard waste: cardboard, paper, books magazines and other recyclable products. These items can be put in blue bags and picked up by Van's Sanitation on their normal routes during recycling weeks. Yard waste, trees and branches may be hauled to the city disposal site at Riverview Park, Highway 3 West Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

2. Tires: These must be individually hauled to the landfill site at the residential household's expense.

3. Hazardous waste: paints and thinners, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, batteries, fertilizer, fuels, oils, etc. Please call the Plymouth County Landfill (546-6071) to make an appointment.

Items not included in this amnesty can be delivered to the landfill any time during the year during its regular business hours and will be billed to the residential household.

Regular Plymouth County Landfill hours:

Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

First and third Saturday 8 a.m. to noon.