The City’s annual Trash Bash takes place in two weeks on Saturday, April 15 and will continue the tradition of collecting several used, household items, to keep reusable items out of our landfills and waterways and help residents with “spring cleaning.”
The following items will be collected via parking lot drive-thru/drop-off at the noted locations and times:
First United Methodist Church Richardson parking lot, 503 N. Central Expwy., 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
- NEW shelf stable food items including baking supplies, breakfast foods, boxed meals, canned meals and soups; new hygiene items, diapers (for both kids and adults), and baby wipes; new underwear and socks for kids and adults
(all benefit clients of Network of Community Ministries) - Used eyeglasses (for Lions Club beneficiaries)
- Residential cooking oil/grease (in lidded, plastic containers) (collected by the City to keep it out of the water system and recycled into biofuels)
Richardson Public Library parking lot, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (benefits Friends of the Library biannual book sales)
- Books, CDs and DVDs (no cassette tapes, magazines or encyclopedias)
Richardson Square Mall parking lot, north end, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (sponsored by the Richardson Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association):
- Documents (to be shredded)
- Electronics (for disposal—cell phones, flat screen TVs and monitors, audio/video, printers, peripherals)
Website: www.cor.net/trashbash
