Transfer station open to anyone
Posted on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Siloam Springs utility customers who live outside the city can drop off their recyclables or household trash at the transfer station during regular business hours.
Siloam Springs Transfer Station is at 1108 E. Ashley St., just west of Lincoln Street. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
During these hours, anyone can drop off recyclables at the transfer station for free, said Kristy Dee, city recycling coordinator.
Household trash can be dropped off for $ 1 per bag, said Randy Atkinson, director of the solid waste and street departments. It's $ 1. 20 per bag for those who live outside the city.
Larger items, such as couches and chairs, can be dumped at the station for a price based on the item's weight and size.
Siloam Springs trash and recycling trucks don't run outside the city, Atkinson said.
The exception is for those who pay for large trash bins, Dee said. Trucks will run up to two miles outside of the city limits to pick up trash from them. See TRASH Page 2 A "We even get some from Oklahoma," Dee said.
Customers who live outside the city are not charged the $ 10. 50 monthly trash pick up fee that city residents pay for the service, Atkinson said.
"It is my understanding that the city discontinued service outside the city limits a number of years ago," City Administrator David Cameron said.
People who don't want to bring their recyclables to the transfer station can use recycling programs that other trash haulers provide, Dee said.
"Outside haulers have a blue bag program," she said.
The city offers trailers to businesses for cardboard disposal.
Sixty-five trailers are spread throughout the city for this free service, Dee said.
Outside haulers pay $ 34 per ton to dump their load at the transfer station.
Haulers inside the city can dump for $ 31 per ton.
Roll Off Service hauls trash from the station to the Tontitown landfill.
Recyclables that can be dropped off include • Phone books • Magazines • Catalogs • Newspapers • Junk mail • Cans • Soda bottles • Motor oil • Clear, green and amber glass bottles • Plastic bottles with necks smaller than the body For pick up routes for curbside trash, recyclables and brush in Siloam Springs, the city is divided into four sections using Mount Olive Street as the north / south divider and Jefferson and Main streets and U. S. Highway 412 as the east / west dividers.
Curbside recyclables are picked up on certain days of the week for parts of the city • Monday for the northeast • Tuesday for the southeast • Thursday for the northwest • Friday for the southwest Recycling should be put on the curb by 7 a.m.
Trash is picked up Monday and Thursday north of Jefferson Street and Tuesday and Friday south of Jefferson Street.
Crews collect brush the first four Mondays of each month • First Monday of the month for the northeast • Second Monday for the southeast • Third Monday for the northwest • Fourth Monday for the southwest.
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