{"id":94580,"date":"2019-04-12T20:02:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T02:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/spring-cleanup-durango-invites-residents-to-toss-items-large-and-small\/"},"modified":"2019-04-12T20:02:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T02:02:26","slug":"spring-cleanup-durango-invites-residents-to-toss-items-large-and-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/spring-cleanup-durango-invites-residents-to-toss-items-large-and-small\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring cleanup: Durango invites residents to toss items large and small"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=8269d807-0746-42d1-8cda-2f86f9aefa43&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=8269d807-0746-42d1-8cda-2f86f9aefa43&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=8269d807-0746-42d1-8cda-2f86f9aefa43&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=8269d807-0746-42d1-8cda-2f86f9aefa43&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"1542\" height=\"1028\" alt=\"Jake Tuck and John Phillips in the loader, both with the city of Durango, pick up piles that city residents have left near the curb during spring cleanup in 2016.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Jake Tuck and John Phillips in the loader, both with the city of Durango, pick up piles that city residents have left near the curb during spring cleanup in 2016.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>It\u2019s spring, and with the warm weather comes a realization of all the garbage, debris and waste that\u2019s piled up over the winter months.<\/p>\n<p>But not to fear. The city of Durango is asking residents to put all unwanted furniture, large appliances and tree trimmings on the street to be taken away. The entire streets crew \u2013 about 13 people \u2013 has been sweeping South Durango neighborhoods to collect piles of garbage left out by residents, said Levi Lloyd, director of city operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt contributes to a cleaner Durango,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Spring cleanup is an annual event aimed at helping people get rid of items and debris they couldn\u2019t offload otherwise, Lloyd said. Some people don\u2019t have trucks or a means of getting rid of larger items, he said, so the city offers cleanup services to keep properties around town clear of debris.<\/p>\n<p>City crews will pick up furniture, large appliances, scrap metal, drywall, fencing, carpeting, tiles, dried paint cans, tree trimmings and branches less than 8 feet in length and less than 8 inches in diameter, along with bagged or boxed loose brush and leaves. Anyone wanting to get rid of these items may stack them in a pile near a typical garbage pickup area, either on a curb or in an alley.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><div class=\"naviga-social-embed\">&lt;![CDATA[\n<div class=\"pdf-asset-embed\">\n  Spring cleanup zones<br>\n  <iframe src=\"\/\/dur-cjweb.newscyclecloud.com\/assets\/pdf\/CJ337257412.pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pdf-download-notice\">If you\u2019re unable to view the PDF document above, <a href=\"https:\/\/dur-cjweb.newscyclecloud.com\/assets\/pdf\/CJ337257412.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to view it in a new tab<\/div>\n<p>\n]]&gt;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The city will not accept rocks, concrete, dirt, bricks, hazardous or industrial materials, electronics or batteries (these can be recycled at the Durango Recycle Center on Saturdays), tires, stumps and railroad ties treated with creosote. Piles should not block access to utilities, such as gas or water meters, and should not block vehicles if put near a road or alley.<\/p>\n<p>The city has cleared debris piles from Three Springs and is working to clean up South Durango. City crews will scour northern Durango next week, western Durango the week of April 22 and eastern Durango the week of April 29.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><div class=\"naviga-social-embed\">&lt;![CDATA[\n<div class=\"pdf-asset-embed\">\n  Spring cleanup zones<br>\n  <iframe src=\"\/\/dur-cjweb.newscyclecloud.com\/assets\/pdf\/CJ337257412.pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pdf-download-notice\">If you\u2019re unable to view the PDF document above, <a href=\"https:\/\/dur-cjweb.newscyclecloud.com\/assets\/pdf\/CJ337257412.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to view it in a new tab<\/div>\n<p>\n]]&gt;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lloyd expects city crews will pick up anywhere between 2,500 and 3,000 cubic yards of waste during the monthlong cleanup. That  almost fills an Olympic-size swimming pool \u2013 about 300 truck loads, Lloyd said.<\/p>\n<p>But when the city has an intense winter like this year\u2019s, the amount of \u201cbrown waste\u201d \u2013 things like tree limbs or piles of leaves \u2013 tends to be higher. In the spring of 2007, the city picked up 3,500 cubic yards of waste \u2013 enough to overfill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p>Scrap metal is often picked up by \u201cindustrious citizens,\u201d who sell the metal to scrap yards, Lloyd said. \u201cBrown waste\u201d is put through a wood chipper and then offered to residents as mulch free of charge. Anything else is often taken to a landfill.<\/p>\n<p>City crews pick up all kinds of items during spring cleanup, Lloyd said. And it\u2019s all up for grabs, he said: \u201cWe encourage urban foraging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guys find all kinds of stuff that you wouldn\u2019t think people would throw away. We found a pretty good Martin acoustic guitar, kayaks, fully functioning mountain bikes,\u201d Lloyd said. \u201cYou name it, especially with college getting out soon, a lot of times you could literally drive around these piles and literately furnish a house. Need a couch, chair, lamp? I would encourage you drive around and look at the piles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:bhauff@durangoherald.com\">bhauff@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dur-cjweb.newscyclecloud.com\/assets\/pdf\/CJ337257412.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spring cleanup zones (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials encourage \u2018urban foraging\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[507],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-94580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-durango-city-officials"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94580"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=94580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}