City-wide Cleanup Day helps kick spring cleaning in gear

If you have old refrigerators, couches, water heaters and other bulky items, City-wide Cleanup Day offers you a free and convenient way to dispose of them. The next City-wide Cleanup Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 1.

City crews and trucks will be stationed at more than 20 convenient locations (a list of sites is attached) from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to assist residents who want to get rid of unwanted items including: furniture, mattresses, broken appliances, auto parts, water heaters, tires (limit 6) and brush.

The City-wide Cleanup Day is available at no cost to residents who pay the City of San Antonio solid waste rate fee through their monthly CPS Energy utility bills. A copy of a recent CPS Energy bill and photo identification will be required at the event as proof of residency, and to obtain “free” disposal. Residents are asked to cover their items with a tarp prior to transporting to the site to avoid a potential “no tarp” fine in accordance with City Ordinance. Residents are also encouraged to donate any useable household items to their favorite charity rather than throwing them away.

No commercial or household hazardous waste (HHW) will be accepted at the Cleanup Day locations. Residents needing to dispose of HHW such as batteries, pesticides, pool chemicals, motor oil and paint can take them to the City’s Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off Center at 7030 Culebra Road from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 1. Normal operating hours for the center are Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Fridays from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and the first Saturday of each month from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

For more information on City-wide Cleanup Day, call 3-1-1 or 207-6400.

2006 Clean-up Day Locations

• Edison High School
  701 Santa Monica
• HB Zachary Middle School
  9410 Timber Path
• Southside Citizen Drop-off Center
  Callaghan Road at Hwy 90
• Gilbert Garza Park
  Hemphill and Callaghan
• St. Benedict’s Church
  4547 Lord Road
• Rusty Lyons Sports Center
  Basse Rd./McCullough
• St. Philip’s College
  1802 Martin Luther King Dr.
• Village Woods Shopping Center
  Tezel/Guilbeau
• Memorial Stadium
  93rd Street/Apollo
• Boone Elementary
  6614 Springtime
• Paul Pytel Park
  6220 S. New Braunfels
• Destiny Church
  8635 Callaghan Road
• Blattman Elementary School
  3300 N. Loop 1604 West
• VFW Post
  2222 Austin Highway
• Southwest Metropolitan Health Office
  9011 Poteet Hwy.
• Elmendorf Park
  Commerce/Buena Vista
• Zarzamora Service Center
  4719 S. Zarzamora
• St. Helena’s Catholic Church
  14714 Edgemont

In addition, the three landfills will also be accepting brush and bulky items at no cost on this day:

• BFI-Tessman Road Landill, 7000 IH-10 East
• Waste Management Covel Gardens Landfill, 8611 Covel Road
• TDS Starcrest Transfer Station, 11601 Starcrest Rd.