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Keep Garland Beautiful Schedules Don't Mess with Texas Trash-Off for April 14, 2012

Join volunteers all around Garland to help Keep Garland Beautiful at this one-day litter clean-up event. 

Litter Clean-up       8:30 to 10:30 a.m.   
Volunteer Picnic    11 a.m. at Granger   Recreation Center 
Awards for Most Bags of Litter Collected by a Group, Most Bags of Litter Collected by an Individual, Most Unusual Item Collected. 
 

 Registration Form KGB Trash Off 2012

Operating Schedule Changes at Garland Transfer Station
 
With the re-opening of the Transfer Station, located at 1434 Commerce St., Environmental Waste Services announces that the disposal facility’s new operating hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed on Saturdays.
 
 “The volume of waste received from residents on Saturdays no longer warrants having both the Transfer Station and Landfill facilities open,” explained Lonnie Banks, Environmental Waste Services Managing Director.  “While the Transfer Station will be closed on Saturdays, the C.M. Hinton, Jr. Regional Landfill, located at 3175 Elm Grove Rd., in Rowlett, will be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for residents needing to dispose of waste materials.”   Garland residents should bring current driver’s license or recent City water bill as proof of residency.
 
Please note that the Drop-Off Recycling Center, located at 1426 Commerce St., will remain open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., as well as Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Residents can drop off newspaper and magazines, cardboard, cans, plastic bottles, glass jars, telephone books, used motor oil and transmission fluid, used oil filters, auto and truck batteries and scrap metal.
 
For more information about the Transfer Station and Drop-Off Recycling Center, visit our website links or call 972-205-3500.


 

 
 Going Tarpless Can Result in Fine
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Reporting Observations of Theft of Recyclable Materials 
  
Recently, the Environmental Waste Services Department has noticed an increasing trend in complaints as observed and reported by residents and City employees about individuals taking recyclable materials from the recycling bins.  Theft of recyclable commodities is not an uncommon problem in North Texas or elsewhere across the nation. 
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