Daily Sitka Sentinel

City Doing Clean-up

The city’s annual communitywide spring cleanup event will be April 20-28. Residents can clean up their property and haul acceptable refuse free of charge.
    Jarvis Street Transfer Station, 206 Jarvis Street, is open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. No batteries, paints or metals are accepted. Unbroken fluorescent bulbs will be accepted from residential customers only. Yellow spring cleanup garbage bags are available at the Sitka  Fire Hall. Commercial waste will be charged at the standard rate.
    The Sawmill Creek Scrap Yard will be open for junk vehicles (title must be included), scrap metal, water tanks, refrigerators, dryers, washing machines, stoves, aluminum boats, boat trailers and properly cleaned fuel tanks.
    Household hazardous waste will not be accepted at the Transfer Station or Sawmill Cove Scrap Yard.
    As far as recyclables go, residents are being encouraged to recycle all glass, tin cans, aluminum, #1 and #2 plastics and corrugated cardboard at the Recycling Center, 802 Sawmill Creek Road.
    Residential yard waste – up to 5 cubic yards per customer – will be accepted free of charge at the Granite Creek Waste Area, 401 Granite Creek, on the left side weekends only during the spring cleanup. Commercial operators’ waste is not part of the cleanup and must be paid for.
    Junk boats will be charged at the standard rate according to size. They must be clean of debris including engines, outdrives and fuel tanks. Metal boats can be taken to the Sawmill Cove Scrap Yard. Wooden and fiberglass boats are being accepted at the Sitka landfill by approval and appointment only, 747-4041.
    For more information about the city’s spring cleanup event, contact the city public works department at 747-1804.
Hazardous Waste Collection
    Household hazardous waste collection is at the Wastewater Treatment Plant, 100 Alice Loop, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. April 27 and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. April 28 only. All households, certain small businesses and government agencies are eligible to dispose of up to 200 pounds of waste per year. Call 747-1804 for further information.
    This includes solvents, oils, chemicals, solvents, antifreeze, cleaners, poisons, herbicides, acids, automotive and boat batteries, printing and photographic chemicals, flares and paint.
    Items not eligible include explosives, blasting caps and gun powder, reactives such as sodium metal and radioactive wastes and fluorescent bulbs.
    Residents are reminded not to deliver items prior to or after the event times. Collections are being sponsored by the City and Borough of Sitka.