Press Release
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 1st through June 7th. Roll-off dumpsters will be placed in two locations and items will be able to be disposed in the dumpsters free of charge. The bins are offered for in-town residential customers and are not available for any commercial or business use. The bins will be placed on Monday morning 6/1 and will be picked up the following Monday morning 6/8. The bins will not be available on Monday 6/8, as crews will be picking them up as early as 7:00 am.
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, concrete, 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 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 and at the City of North Platte Public Service Building – 1402 North Jeffers – north end of the parking lot. The number of bins have been reduced so that the City will have better control with monitoring prohibited items and dumping on the ground. If the dumpster is not present, it is being dumped and will be returned as quickly as possible. This year the bins will be monitored with volunteer staff and video surveillance as is available.
“We want to urge the residents to take full use of this program and be respectful of the rules so we can continue to offer it in the future. 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. “Last year this program was very successful, but there was some misuse. We want to keep this program effective. It discourages illegal dumping and promotes a beautiful community.”
Residential tree limbs and other yard waste can be disposed of at the North Platte Transfer Station free of charge Monday – Saturday 7AM – 4PM. 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 – 1PM. Electronics can be recycled at ABC Recycling or at the Hazardous Waste Facility for a per pound fee. ABC Recycling hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM. Tires are accepted at the North Platte Transfer Station for a fee.