Citywide yard sale, cleanup week scheduled for West Plains

The City of West Plains announced the dates last week of the citywide yard sale and clean up week. The citywide yard sale will be held on April 7, 8, and 9. Yard sale permit fees will be waived during the three-day event. The spring cleanup week will then be held April 11 through 15. The pickup schedule for spring cleanup items will be on the resident's normal trash pick-up day.  

This annual event will give residents an opportunity to clean up around their property and have most items hauled away free of charge. Waste should be separated into five categories:

- Regular refuse including extra bagged or boxed trash

- Large items such as furniture, mattresses, etc. These items must be wrapped

- Metals and white goods such as washers, dryers, stoves, etc. (Refrigerators and freezers with compressors must have a certification provided by a licensed technician that the freon has been removed before it will be collected by the city)

- Yard waste such as bagged leaves and grass clippings. (Brush will NOT be collected curbside, but may be taken to the Transfer Station at 1851 Old Airport Road, Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and the fee will be waived this week only) 

- Recyclable items should be placed in or near the city furnished red recycle bins

To have tires picked up, call the sanitation department at 417-255-2330 or city hall at 417-256-7176 and leave your name and address. Customers will be billed $2.00 for each passenger tire; $5.00 for each passenger tire on a rim. 

To protect city workers from injury, all broken glass must be boxed and labeled. Small clean up items must also be bagged or boxed. 

Items that will not be collected include any waste that is considered hazardous such as asbestos, waste from major demolition and renovation jobs, and items piled onto trailers or trucks.