City Initiates Debris Removal Effort on Dec. 7th
in Response to Wind Storm
DUARTE, CA, December 6, 2011 – Starting Wednesday, December 7th, Burrtec Waste Industries will be placing green waste bins located in four different locations throughout the City to facilitate the continued clean-up of the community. The locations are as follows:
- Empty Lot at the SE corner of Pops Road and Huntington Drive, unloading items on Pops Rd.
- NW Corner of City of Hope’s Buena Vista Pavilion at 2144 Buena Vista Street, enter off of Buena Vista St.
- Beardslee Elementary School, 1212 Kelwill Way, unload items in staff parking lot off of Buena Vista St.
- Encanto Park, 751 Encanto Parkway in the center of the parking lot
Residents wanting to dispose of GREEN WASTE - including trees, branches, shrubs and other green waste - may use the bins until Friday, December 16, 2011 @ 4:00 pm. Please note that these collection bins are for GREEN WASTE ONLY. Trash, food, and recyclables are not permitted.
Burrtec will continue to collect trash, recyclables and green waste barrels on your normal trash collection day. Burrtec will also be collecting additional loads of green waste if barrels are refilled and placed curbside as needed through the end of the next week (Dec. 16th) as well.
Bulky Item Pick-Ups: City of Duarte Residents receive 2 FREE bulky item pick-ups per year. Stack up to five of your bulky items at the curb and they will be collected throughout the week. Call Burrtec Waste at 1-800-325-9417 to schedule a pickup.
If you require additional green waste disposal, please consider taking palm fronds and green waste ONLY (no trash or household items) to Supervisor Antonovich’s special collection day on December 10th at the east side of the City of Hope from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm, or contact Burrtec Waste for an additional collection at a nominal fee.
Refrigerator Food Waste: Please place expired food waste in your black trash barrel. Pour empty containers of liquid down the drain (milk, juices, etc.) and placed rinsed plastic and glass containers in your recycling barrel.
For additional information on the City of Duarte’s response efforts, please contact 357-7931, xt. 221.
