Don’t be fooled by the new name! Trash Amnesty Day for your Decatur neighborhood is right around the corner! (And by “around the corner” I mean April, May or June.)
Catherine over at the Decatur Minute primed the masses with a post yesterday, which launches Decatur residents from Midway to Westchester into a trash-gathering frenzy, anticipating the exciting Saturday to come. Anything from “yard trimmings, building materials (that are not from the work of private contractors), tires, appliances (not containing Freon), and trash that would not normally be placed in pay-as-you-throw bags” will be collected.
However, don’t get TOO carried away BECAUSE…
Liquids, dirt, bricks, blocks, stone, rocks, concrete and motor vehicle batteries or parts will not be collected.
When will your neighborhood celebrate this most wonderous of holidays?? Open this PDF, sent out by Public Works, to find out!
(P.S. I’ll be adding all the neighborhood dates to the “Featured Events Calendar” in case anyone forgets to collect up all those errant tires before the big day.)
Note: the picture above was not taken in the City of Decatur and merely serves as a pictorial reference to those unfamiliar with “trash”.
Way too excited about this. Last year was so cleansing. This year we have plans to set up a shelving system in our basement and organize everything in uniform, labeled bins. All remaining junk not suitable for the Salvation Army gets kicked to the curb.
Truly, I have reached middle age.
as a bonus, the PDF DM links in for the amnesty schedule gives street by street listing for each of the nieghborhoods– a great way to better learn all of our neighborhoods…
You have no idea how much I look forward to this every year. I missed it last year, and was bummed out for the whole month.
Seems like the perfect reason for each neighborhood to have a block party on their specified day.
People could line the streets and cheer as the public works folks come down the street or parade along behind them.
Great weather that time of year too.
With our luck, we’d get thundersnow.
And zombies.
I like to go to other neighborhoods on their Big Trash Days (that’s what I call these days). I picked up a door, some books, some toys and a diary belonging to a CSD teacher.
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.