Fall city cleanup days set for September

The City of Le Mars has set Sept. 9, 10, 16, 17 and 18 as the 2010 Fall Cleanup Days.

During those five days, the city is declaring an amnesty from the landfill disposal cost.

That means each household can bring up to 1,000 pounds per household of throw away material to the Plymouth County Landfill at no cost.

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

Only residential properties can participate in the cleanup days, not commercial or industrial properties.

The city will not be picking up the items at the curb. Households are asked not to place items in front of the house at the curb.

Each residential household must make its own arrangements for hauling waste to the Plymouth County Landfill during this amnesty period.

They can do the hauling themselves or use friends, neighbors or any hauling firm of their choice.

Plymouth County Landfill hours are: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 8 a.m. to noon on the first and third Saturdays of each month.

Items included in this amnesty are:

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

2. Construction and demolition materials: Wooden items such as fence post, scrap lumber etc. Items normal to construction or demolition such as windows, doors, sinks, toilets, storms and screens. No concrete

3. Metal: This includes bikes, mowers, metal post, wire, swings, gutter, bed springs, bed frames etc. This does not include white goods

4. White goods: (customer must pay a $10.00 per item demanufacturing fee) This includes 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 week.

2. Yard waste: Clippings, trees and branches may be hauled to the City disposal site at Riverview Park, Highway 3 west from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays

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

3. Hazardous waste: This includes but is not limited to paints and thinners, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, batteries, fertilizer, fuels and oils. Please call the Plymouth County Landfill at 546-6071 to make an appointment.

Items not included in the cleanup days amnesty can be delivered to the Plymouth County Landfill any time throughout the year during its regular business hours and will be billed to the residential household.