“It’s a great opportunity to talk about streets, sidewalks, curbs,” Coleman said. “There’s been a lot of talk about trash, so we’ve been looking at that too—actually bringing along trash bags with us now to pick up litter during the walks. We’re really getting involved.”
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - The City of Lima's Spring Clean Up continues this Saturday, June 1st.
May 29, 2024, Press Release from Allen County Public Health: The Allen County Youth Bike and Pedestrian Task Force and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Neighborhood Association will be participating in the Mayor’s Spring Clean Up by hosting a dumpster and cleaning up the MLK Jr. Park on Saturday, June 8, 2024.
Fire and flame
April 22, 2024, Press Release by the Ohio Department of Transportation: COLUMBUS - It’s spring, it’s Earth Day, and it’s all happy – until you see litter, and you’re reminded of the human problem that haunts us all. Since January, ODOT forces statewide have picked up over 89,000 bags of other people’s trash.
Volunteers spent Saturday morning helping out with the Ottawa River Clean-Up. The annual event gives people the chance to help keep one of the…
Youngsters from Heritage Elementary cleaned up the area around the William Fowler Overpass near their school. The students get a better understanding of what it means to be a good neighbor. It’s all part of their “Spartan Gives” initiative to get students more involved in the community.
As the current trash removal contract nears expiration at the end of November, Lima City Council will have to look for a new contract. The utilities committee met to discuss the next trash collection contract. There were two bids: one from Waste Management for $19 more a month than the current rate and Rumpke, for $5 more per month than the current rate.
With 4 weekends of dumpster sites, nearly 83-tons of trash was collected with 302 residents participating. Just over a thousand tires were collected along with 37 cubic yards of brush. The most unusual items being disposed of was a grandfather clock and giant French doors. The city had 82 volunteers give of their time at 14 locations. “City Wide Pride” has been offered as a free service to residents since 1993.
They are talking trash. Yes, literally trash and how it is not being properly placed in the city receptacles for pick up. The utilities department has been getting dozens of complaints from residents and city council members about trash that is blowing around streets and neighborhoods. They want to remind people that the receptacle is to be placed by the curb with the wheels facing the house for trucks to pick up and empty it properly. If it’s not facing wheels to the house, lids will be broken and trash not in bags will blow out.
