COLUMBUS — Columbus city leaders are kicking off the 2024 Co lumbus Trash-Off event by urging all citizens to join in the annual community wide clean-up campaign. Each spring local citizens work together to clean up the Columbus community from March through May by picking up litter, cleaning roadsides and parks, planting trees and flowers, painting fences, mowing va cant lots, helping neighbors with cleanup jobs, beautifying their homes and lawns, and removing debris Large item disposal will be available to Columbus citizens at the City Maintenance Yard on Montezuma Street from April 3 to April 6. Citizens may bring items to the Maintenance Yard Wednesday through Friday from 8 a. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon.
Items accepted include washers, dry ers, recliners, mattresses, limbs, fencing materials, lumber, household appliances, bicycles, exercise equipment and more.
Refrigerators and freezers will be accepted if a technician has removed the freon.
Hazardous items not accepted include pesticides, chemicals, paint, tires, batteries, televisions, computers, poisons and pharmaceuticals. Citizens are urged to properly store these items until the next hazardous collection day.
Columbus citizens may also schedule free curbside limb chipping the week of April 8 through April 12 by calling city offices at 979-732-2366. Columbus Trash-Off Day is part of the statewide Keep Texas Beautiful "Don't Mess with Texas" clean-up campaign. Individuals and groups will
spread out across the community on Saturday, April 6 Trash-Off Day to work in areas that will benefit from clean-up efforts. Volunteers that cannot participate on Saturday can volunteer on any day from March to May to have their efforts counted among the event volunteers.
Organized by Columbus Garden Club since 2007, the club partners with the City of Columbus and Columbus Community Industrial Development Corp. to bring Trash Off Day to the com munity. Their combined goal is to urge citizens to take pride in Columbus and work together to create "a better Colum bus.
Volunteer opportunities are also available year-round through the “Adopt a Highway” and “Adopt a Spot” programs. Consider giving your time to adopt an area. Various groups in our community routinely provide volun- teer work throughout the year to clean our highways/roadways. Their clean-up efforts benefit the entire community.
Watch for them as you are driving and take time to extend a "thank you".
Volunteers may register or call for in- formation by calling or texting Colum bus Garden Club at 979-733-4343.
