Holton's City-Wide Cleanup Day scheduled for Saturday

Once again, it’s time for Holton residents to clean out their houses, garages and sheds and bring un­wanted materials to the soccer fields at Countryside Park for the annual Holton City-Wide Spring Cleanup Day.

The city’s annual cleanup day, set from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Satur­day, April 30 at Countryside Park, allows city residents to dispose of unwanted items for free, it was re­ported. Restrictions on accepted materi­als will be enforced at the site, in­cluding proof of Holton resi­dency, and no contractor or com­mercial business material will be accepted.

Items that will be accepted at the site include carpet, clothing, paper, cardboard, furniture, mattresses, clean wood, shingles, tar paper, cabinets, porcelain fixtures, wire, metal, bicycles and tricycles, appli­ances without refrigerant, water heaters, sinks, iron and other simi­lar materials.

Materials that will not be ac­cepted at the site include household trash, tires, paint, oil, gasoline, haz­ardous materials, chemicals and batteries. Yard waste also will not be accepted at the pick-up site, but may instead be taken to the city’s brush disposal site in northeastern Holton at no charge.

Some hazardous materials and chemicals may be collected for dis­posal by Jackson County’s hazard­ous waste department, which will set up a trailer at the collection site. It was reported that the Jackson County Recycling Center will ac­cept eligible recyclable and hazard­ous waste materials from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. that day.

The City of Holton reserves the right to refuse any material for dis­posal.For more information on the city­wide cleanup, call City Hall at 364-2721.