BY JENNIFER BAILEY
DANVILLE — The city has sold more than 400 yard waste stickers so far this year, as the yard waste pick-up program gets ready to start back up on Monday.
¡§We¡¦ve been selling more toters with the yard waste stickers,¡¨ said finance department employee Sondra Compton.
While supplies last, the city is selling a 96-gallon toter with a sticker for $55. Residents save $12.50.
The finance department staff is handing out pamphlets with color-coded maps and calendars for the bi-weekly pick-up zones to start in May.
Maps are also available on the city¡¦s Web site at http://cityofdanville.org.
¡§Business has been brisk,¡¨ Service and Operations Manager Bob Scott said about the yard waste stickers.
¡§They¡¦re anxious,¡¨ he said of residents wanting to get out in their yards.
Scott said he knows change is hard on some people, but the changes make the operations more efficient with the automated trucks.
¡§We¡¦re ready,¡¨ he said of the yard waste program.
The Yard Waste Collection Program has three specific time periods:
ƒÞ Spring Cleanup: (weekly pickup) Begins Monday and lasts until May 1.
ƒÞƒnToter Collection: (bi-weekly pickup) May 1 to Oct. 31.
ƒÞ Fall Cleanup: (weekly pickup) Nov. 1 to mid-December.
During the Spring Cleanup Period, yard waste will be collected weekly and on the same day as regular household service. It should be placed at the curb or street edge no later than 6 a.m. on your collection day and no earlier than 4 p.m. the night prior to collection. Yard waste should not be placed along or in any alley.
However, from May through October, residents will have yard waste pick up in toters only on the first and third pick-up days of the month (Zone A) and others will have the second and fourth pick-up days of the month (Zone B).
All yard waste collected within the city must be placed in an approved two-ply paper yard waste bag, or city-approved toter with a 2010 yard waste sticker attached.
No other container is acceptable.
Yard waste paper bags are allowed during the spring and fall clean-ups only. They are not allowed May 1 through Oct. 31.
The city will sell its yard waste bags only while supplies last. (Five bags for $3 at the municipal building and available at various retail stores, pricing set by stores).
No tape or adhesive is permitted on yard waste bags and yard waste contained in plastic bags or cardboard boxes will not be collected.
Yard waste stickers are $20 and are sold at the Robert E. Jones Municipal Building, 17 W. Main St. Stickers are good for one calendar year.
Questions may be directed to the City of Danville Public Works Department, 431-2288 or 431-2382.
