Residents should now make arrangements for the disposal of the appliances by contacting a local recycler: Tennenbaum Recycling or Reeves Recyclers.

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Residents are asked to place leaves at the curb, not in the street or near street drainage.

The upcoming location of the leaf truck will be posted weekly on Monday and Thursday. Residents can call 501-371-8340 anytime for the location of the leaf trucks.

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• Sanitation Offices closed, Monday, January 1
• Work one day delayed schedule, Tuesday – Saturday, January 2-6

Dr. Martin Luther King Birthday

• Sanitation Offices closed, Monday, January 15
• Work one day delayed schedule, Tuesday – Saturday, January 16-20

Presidents Day & Daisy Gaston Bates Day

• Sanitation Offices open, Monday, February 19
• Work regular schedule, Monday – Friday, February 19-23

Memorial Day

• Sanitation Offices closed, Monday, May 27
• Work one day delayed schedule, Tuesday – Saturday, May 28 – June 1

Juneteenth

• Sanitation Offices closed, Wednesday, June 19
• Work one day delayed schedule, Thursday – Saturday, June 20-22

Independence Day

• Sanitation Offices closed, Thursday, July 4
• Work one day delayed schedule, Friday-Saturday, July 5&6

Labor Day

• Sanitation Office closed, Monday, September 2
• Work one day delayed schedule, Tuesday – Saturday, September 3-7

Veterans Day

• Sanitation Offices open, Monday, November 11
• Work regular schedule, Monday – Friday, November 11-15

Thanksgiving Day

• Sanitation Offices closed, Thursday, November 28
• Work one day delayed schedule, Friday – Saturday, November 29&30

Christmas

• Sanitation Offices open, Tuesday, December 24
• Sanitation Offices closed, Wednesday, December 25

Work one day delayed schedule, Thursday – Saturday

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New Year’s Day

• Sanitation Offices open, Monday, January 2
• Work regular schedule, Monday – Friday

Dr. Martin Luther King Birthday

• Sanitation Offices closed, Monday, January 16
• Work one day delayed schedule, Tuesday – Saturday

G. Washington’s Birthday & Daisy Bates Day

• Sanitation Offices open, Monday, February 20
• Work regular schedule, Monday – Friday

Memorial Day

• Sanitation Offices closed, Monday, May 29
• Work one day delayed schedule, Tuesday – Saturday

Independence Day

• Sanitation Offices closed, Tuesday, July 4
• Work one day delayed schedule, Monday, work Wednesday – Saturday

Labor Day

• Sanitation Office closed, Monday, September 4                     
• Work one day delayed schedule, Tuesday – Saturday

Veterans Day

• Sanitation Offices open, Friday, November 10
• Work regular schedule, Monday – Friday

Thanksgiving Day

• Sanitation Offices closed, Thursday, November 23
• Work one day delayed schedule, Monday-Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday                                               

Christmas Eve

• Sanitation Offices open, Friday, December 22
• Work regular schedule, Monday – Friday

Christmas Day

• Sanitation Offices closed, Monday, December 25
• Work one day delayed schedule, Tuesday – Saturday

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“We are pleased to provide this service, free to all single-family residents in our city. All sanitation department workers will keep their job through this process and will be utilized in the future,” shared Mayor Terry Hartwick.

• Residents that have not received a new trash container should contact the NLR Sanitation Department at 501-906-6327 or nlrsanitation@nlr.ar.gov
• If your container is damaged or you would like to request an additional container, contact the sanitation department.
• Leave your old container on the street if you would like the sanitation department to remove it. Be sure to check the box on the sticker placed on the container by the sanitation department or make a note and attach it to the can.
• Remember:
  • Place the new trash container on a flat surface, close to the street.
  • Place the container at least three feet from anything.
  • Place the opening of the container toward the street.
  • Place all trash inside the container, loose or bagged.
• Residents are asked to be patient during this transition.

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 14, 2022) – Obsolete electronic equipment discarded by consumers represents 3 percent of the trash dumped every year in Americaʼs landfills. However, it also represents 70 percent of the toxic waste thrown out by individuals and businesses. Recycling of electronic equipment can help manage this risk to public health.

The Regional Recycling District in Pulaski County will hold a free electronics recycling drop-off event on Tuesday, March 29, and Wednesday, March 30, at the Simmons Bank Arena parking lot on E. Washington Avenue in North Little Rock. Pulaski County residents and businesses can bring old, broken, or obsolete electronic items from computers and printers to televisions, copiers, cell phones, and fax machines from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. both days.

“We call it e-waste,” said Craig Douglass, executive director of the Regional Recycling & Waste Reduction District. “But it is actually not waste at all, because electronic equipment and its component parts can be recycled and re-marketed for the manufacture of new products.”

The collection is for residential households, businesses, non-profits, churches, governments, and schools living and doing business in Pulaski County.

“According to the EPA, e-waste is the fastest growing municipal waste stream in the country,” Douglass said. “Our e-waste recycling event is designed to take back this equipment and recycle it to get toxic chemicals like lead and mercury out of the waste stream and out of landfills.”

For more information and a list of acceptable electronic items that can be dropped off and recycled, consumers, and businesses may go to RecyclingUnplugged.com. (Fact Sheet, attached.)

RecyclingUnplugged.com

FACT Sheet

1. The Regional Recycling District in Pulaski County will conduct a free electronic recycling event on Tuesday, March 29, and Wednesday, March 30, from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Simmons Bank Arena parking lot on E. Washington in North Little Rock.
2. The recycling event is for residential households, businesses, non-profits, churches, governments, and schools living and doing business in Pulaski County.
3. Each year since 2015, discarded electronics, including TVs, computers, printers, scanners, fax machines, keyboards, and cell phones totaled over 10 million tons.
4. Electronic waste represents 3% of America’s trash in landfills but totals over 70% of all toxic waste deposited in landfills.
5. Electronic waste’s toxic components dangerous to human health include mercury, lead, cadmium, polybrominated flame retardants, barium, and lithium. The negative health effects of these toxins on humans include brain, heart, liver, kidney, and skeletal system damage.
6. Much of what is labeled electronic waste, called e-waste, is not waste at all, but rather whole electronic equipment or component parts that are readily marketable for reuse, or can be recycled for materials recovery.
7. Approximately 13% of e-waste is currently recycled.
8. Recycling 1 million laptops saves the energy equivalent to the electricity used by 3,657 U.S. homes in a year.
9. It takes 530 pounds of fossil fuel, 48 pounds of chemicals, and 1.5 tons of water to manufacture one computer with monitor.
10. The drive-up and drop-off electronic recycling event is FREE.
11. Participants with large quantities (over five items) should bring materials palletized, in Gaylord boxes, or have at least two people to assist with unloading.
12. The Regional Recycling District does not accept electronics from businesses that collect electronics for profit.
13. All electronics collected are properly disposed of and securely handled. No materials are given away or sold.
14. Privacy is ensured with hard drives securely destroyed with an electronics shredder.
15. Special collections conducted by the Regional Recycling District since 2004 have diverted over 3,500 tons of electronics from county landfills.
16. Acceptable items that can be dropped off at the e-waste recycling event include the following (also found at RecyclingUnplugged.com):

Computers and Accessories

• CRT monitors
• LCD displays
• CPUs
• Laptops
• Servers
• Switches
• UPS systems
• Wires and Cables
• Keyboards and Mice
• Speakers
• Hard Drives (all hard drives will be securely destroyed)

Audio/Video Equipment

• Televisions
• Radios
• DVD players
• VCRs
• Stereos
• Camcorders
• Cameras
• Radios
• Game systems

Handheld Devices

• Cell phones
• Pagers
• PDAs
• Two-way radios

Office Equipment

• Fax machines
• Copiers
• Printers and scanners
• Surge protectors
• Telephones
• Typewriters
• Adding machines and calculators

Household Appliances

• Microwaves
• Coffee makers
• Toasters
• Hair dryers
• Vacuum cleaners

The Regional Recycling & Waste Reduction District in Pulaski County works with the public works departments of Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood, Maumelle, Jacksonville, Wrightsville, and Pulaski County to help protect our shared environment, stimulate the local economy, and conserve resources by empowering Pulaski County residents and businesses to reduce, reuse, and recycle. The cities and the county contract for their own solid-waste collection and pick-up services, but use a regional approach facilitated by the District to achieve system efficiencies to increase recycling and reduce cost.

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Recycling runs every other week in North Little Rock:

April 11 & 25

May 9 & 23

June 6 & 20

July 4 & 18

August 1, 15 & 29

September 12 & 26

October 10 & 24

November 7 & 21

December 5 & 19

In addition to curbside glass recycling provided by Waste Management, North Little Rock currently has three locations managed by Ace Glass where residents can also drop off their glass to be recycled:

North Little Rock Sanitation

1300 Willow Street, NLR, AR 72114

Tuesdays, 7-9:30 a.m. & 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Third Saturday, 7 a.m.-12 p.m.

Nana’s Organix Grocery

304 Main Street, NLR, AR 72114

Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Diamond Bear Brewing Company

600 N Broadway Street, NLR, AR 72114

Monday Closed

Tuesday – Thursday, 9 a.m.-11 p.m.

Friday – Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

Note: Any business owner interested in adding a glass drop-off to their location can contact Ace Glass at (501) 372-0595. Ace Glass charges a small fee for pickup, and businesses can benefit from increased foot traffic as customers take advantage of the drop-off service.

Here are a few important reminders: 1) Recycle clean bottles, jars, cans, paper and cardboard, 2) Keep food and liquid out of your recycling, and 3) No loose plastic bags and no bagged recyclables. If you miss a pickup, or if you need an additional cart for your recycling, please contact Waste Management at (501) 565-0191.

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