The City of North Platte and Keep North Platte and Lincoln County Beautiful want to encourage a cleaner community by holding cleanup days for households in North Platte June 5-11. Roll-off dumpsters will be placed throughout the City and items will be able to be disposed of in the dumpsters free of charge.
The purpose of the cleanup is to assist residents in maintaining their properties. The dumpsters will be able to hold furniture, small appliances, and any other junk items citizens want to dispose of. Items prohibited include commercial building supplies, tree limbs or grass clippings, hazardous materials, asbestos, tires, electronics or refrigerated appliances. Each bin will be monitored and violators will be charged. The City is asking that only households participate (no commercial business) and that people do not dump on the ground outside of the dumpsters. They will be collecting them daily as needed.
You can find a dumpster near you at Centennial Park – southeast parking lot; Gary’s Super Foods on 4th Street – west of the parking lot; Parkade Plaza – west end of the old Alco Building; City of North Platte Public Service Building – 1402 North Jeffers – north end of the parking lot.
“We want to urge the residents to take full use of this program. We can make a difference in keeping our community a cleaner, greener, more beautiful place to live, work and play,” said Mona Anderson, Executive Director of Keep North Platte and Lincoln County Beautiful.
This is the first year the program has been offered. Layne Groseth, Public Service Director agreed, “We want this program to be successful so that it can continue to be offered in the future. It discourages illegal dumping and promotes a beautiful community.”
The dumpsters will be in service beginning the morning of June 5th and will be picked up the afternoon of June 11th. If the dumpster is not present, it is being dumped and will be returned as quickly as possible.
Residential tree limbs and other yard waste can be disposed of at the North Platte Transfer Station free of charge Monday – Saturday 7 AM – 4 PM. Hazardous waste is accepted at the Hazardous Waste Facility located at 1308 North Sycamore the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month from 7 AM – 1 PM. Electronics can be recycled at ABC Recycling for a per pound fee Monday- Friday from 8 AM – 5 PM. Tires are accepted at the North Platte Transfer Station for a fee. There may be a free tire collection event at a later date.