Sherwood’s spring cleanup will be held Saturday, April 8. The annual event, sponsored by Keep Sherwood Beautiful, will begin at 9 a.m. at Jack Evans Senior Center, 2301 Thornhill Drive.
Volunteers are needed and will have a choice to pick-up litter or participate in beautification assignments. Participants will receive a free lunch, Keep Arkansas Beautiful T-shirts and have a chance to win door prizes.
The cleanup is held in conjunction with Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup.
The community beautification reports can be sent by e-mail to ksbarkansas@gmail.com, at www.keepsherwoodbeautiful.net or at the group’s Facebook page.
Keep Sherwood Beautiful will also hold its annual shred-a-thon from 9 a.m. till 1 p.m. Saturday, April 22 at the Walmart Neighborhood Market parking lot, 8801 Hwy. 107. Participants will be limited to five boxes. There is no charge, but donations will be accepted.
Cabot’s spring cleanup and hazardous waste roundup will be held from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday, April 22, which is Earth Day.
The annual event includes a city-wide litter pick-up effort and a drive-through dropoff point for unwanted electronics and household hazardous waste at the Cabot BMX Complex at the end of Willie Ray Drive.
It is sponsored by the city of Cabot and Cabot City Beautiful and will be held in conjunction with the national Great American Cleanup campaign and Keep Arkansas Beautiful Month.
Litter pickup volunteers should meet at Briarwood Baptist Church at 1872 Willie Ray Drive no earlier than 9 a.m. April 22 and check in at the registration canopies.
Volunteers will be assigned routes if they have not already designated their own areas to pick up during the annual event.
The drop-off service will allow for the disposal of various electronic waste and household hazardous waste materials like latex paints, oil-base paints and paint thinners, motor oil, antifreeze, fluorescent bulbs, pesticides and herbicides, household cleaners, household batteries (nicad, alkaline and lithium), automotive batteries and tires (must be off the rim), computer components, TVs and VCRs.
Austin’s spring cleanup will be held next month. City workers will pick up unwanted items and garbage from residences west of the railroad tracks from April 17 through April 21.
The same service will be provided to residences east of the railroad tracks from April 24 through April 28. Batteries, tires and hazardous chemicals will not be collected. Paint cans must be empty.
Lonoke’s annual spring cleanup will be held Saturday, April 22 through Saturday, April 29.
Dumpsters will be placed at the Lonoke City Shop at 1219 Barnes St., but the city will not be accepting liquids, paints, batteries, lumber, building or other hazardous materials.
A tire container will be available.
For more information, call the Lonoke Public Works Department at 501-676-4370 or 501-676-2422.
The city’s annual spring cleanup will be held Saturday, April 22 through Saturday, April 29.
Dumpsters will be placed at the Lonoke City Shop at 1219 Barnes St., but the city will not be accepting liquids, paints, batteries, lumber, building or other hazardous materials.
A tire container will be available.
For more information, call the Lonoke Public Works Department at 501-676-4370 or 501-676-2422.
Ward will hold its spring cleanup from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29 at the former Co-Op building on Hwy. 367. It will close earlier if the dumpsters are full.
