09-09-2005 City of South Bend Collecting Old Containers

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City of South Bend Collecting Old Containers Page 1 of 1 0 'Building a 21St Century City " Stephen I Luecke, Mayor RELEASE FROM: FOR RELEASE: Environmental Services September 9, 2005 City of South Bend Collecting Old Containers Beginning Friday, September 16, 2005,the City of South Bend's Bureau of Solid Waste crews will begin picking up old solid waste containers, every Friday, until the project is completed. The collection is expected to take approximately 2-3 weeks. Residents who would like their old containers removed are asked, to place them in the same location, curbside or in the alley, as followed for regular trash pickup. Customers with curbside pickup may also place their old container out on regular collection day and place a note (Please Take) on the container. Residents wishing to keep their old containers must store them in a garage or inside their yard, and not leave them in the alley or at curbside. As a reminder, the new City ordinance requires all trash to be collected in closed containers provided by the City. The City of South Bend Environmental Services encourages customers to continue following the tips on keeping their solid waste containers clean, trash bagged, lids closed and set out at 6:00 a.m. on the regular scheduled day of pickup. Mayor Stephen Luecke again thanks residents for their continued efforts to help keep South Bend a clean and beautiful city. Contact: Mikki Dobski, Communications & Spec. Projects, (574) 235-5855/876-1564 Jack Dillon,Director of Environmental Services, (574)277-8515 Andre Price, Superintendent,Bureau of Solid Waste, (574) 277-8823 Back I City Home Page I City Directory I Site Map I Search Go powered by FreeFind Created by the City of South Bend Department of Information Technologies. Copyright C 2005 City of South Bend. All rights reserved. http://www.ci.south-bend.in.us/Press/Releases 2005/090905 containers.htm 1/13/2006