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Jonesboro’s August Community Cleanup Scheduled

Jonesboro’s August Community Cleanup Scheduled

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Jonesboro, AR – JonesboroRightNow.com – The City of Jonesboro has scheduled its next Community Clean-Up for August.

The cleanup, which will take place Saturday, Aug. 1, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., will be held at Llamados Por El Rey Church, located at 3307 Race St., and is free and open to Jonesboro residents. Glass and cardboard recycling will be available.

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Accepted items are listed below:

  • Clothes
  • Tires (limit to eight, no rims)
  • Basketball goals
  • Furniture (chairs, beds, tables, mattresses, TVs, computers, printers, etc.)
  • Appliances (washers, dryers, stoves, water heaters, refrigerators, etc. Freon and compressors must be removed)
  • Empty paint cans (dry residue only, lids must be removed)

Items that will not be accepted are listed below:

  • Yard waste or limbs
  • Tractor or semi tires
  • Hazardous materials (oils, fluids, batteries, flammables, corrosives, automotive parts, motors, transmissions)
  • Remodeling or construction debris (single pieces only)

“Thank YOU, residents, for answering the call to participate in the neighborhood clean-up! And many thanks to our City’s Code Enforcement and Sanitation Departments, as well as the Keep Jonesboro Beautiful Commission, for working together to keep our city clean and green,” a City of Jonesboro Facebook post announcing the cleanup said. “It takes us all, and together, we can continue to keep Jonesboro beautiful!”

Image courtesy of the City of Jonesboro

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