Difficult to dispose of items like household bulky items, tires and mattresses create a burden for Springfield residents and often end up dumped along roads, alleyways and streams. To help combat this issue, the Clean Green Springfield city-wide cleanup initiative will host two “Drop-off Depot” disposal events 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Saturdays, April 20 and May 4 at 404 N. Jefferson Avenue in downtown Springfield.
The following items will be accepted at no cost to residents:
General Trash and Bulky Items:
The City will accept general household trash from garage and shed cleanups, furniture and other bulky items for disposal.
NOT Accepted: Yardwaste or limbs, hazardous waste (fluorescent bulbs, paint, oil, varnish, etc.), TVs or computers, appliances with refrigerants.
Mattresses:
Bulky mattresses are problematic for the Springfield Noble Hill Sanitary Landfill as they take up a lot of space and do not compact well. Help keep these out of the landfill and recycle them.
Mattresses and box springs accepted. Limit 4 pieces per residential household. Items must be clean, dry and free of infestation.
Tires:
Recycling tires can help harmful chemicals stay out of the earth, water, and air. It can prevent tires from becoming disease-carrying, pest breeding grounds and can keep them from starting fires.
Limit 8 tires per residential household. Tires must be detached from metal and rims.
Dropoff is free for Springfield residents. All items must be transported to the event with no home pickup option available. No commercial waste accepted. No construction and demolition waste. No trailers will be allowed.
Clean Green volunteer opportunities
Registration for a variety of litter cleanup and beautification opportunities is going strong with more than 650 volunteers registered in the first week.
Approximately 120 volunteers from Drury University Greek Life and Kraft participated in the Kansas Expressway Point of Pride cleanup event on April 7, collecting more than 50 bags of litter from the busy roadway.
Individuals, families, businesses and service organizations are invited to roll up their sleeves and get registered for one or more opportunities including roadside trash pickups, stream cleanups, neighborhood cleanup dropoff events and the new Neat Neighborhoods Competition.
Learn more about Clean Green Springfield initiative and get registered for volunteer opportunities at cleangreensgf.com.
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Clean Green Springfield is a program of the City of Springfield and its partners: KY3/KSPR/CW, the Hatch Foundation and Community Partnership of the Ozarks
For more information, contact Cora Scott, Director of Public Information & Civic Engagement, at 417-380-3352 or cscott@springfieldmo.gov or Kristen Milam, Communications Coordinator, at 573-819-3713 or kmilam@springfieldmo.gov.
