Leavenworth City wide Spring Cleanup scheduled for 2023

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By NE Kansas News Reports

Apr 3, 2023

Each spring, thousands of Leavenworth community members gather to remove trash throughout city streets in one day. This year’s event coincides with Earth Day -- Saturday, April 22.

The kick-off event begins 8:30 a.m. at Warren Educational Campus, 3501 New Lawrence Road, in the cafeteria. Volunteers who sign up by April 5 will receive a free t-shirt. All volunteers will get a one-day pass to Wollman Aquatic Center.

A sign-up sheet is available on the City’s website for volunteer team leaders to share with their civic groups, scouts, church groups, nonprofit organization, business, military group or individual or family group. Volunteer groups will be responsible for picking up trash in a grid on the City of Leavenworth map. The City of Leavenworth will provide gloves and trash bags. Contact Melissa Bower, Public Information Officer, for more information about volunteering, melissab@firstcity.org or 913-680-2610.

For those who don’t wish to volunteer, there are many other services provided by the City to help residents properly dispose of items like scrap metal, furniture, yard waste, brush, recyclables and household hazardous waste. We encourage residents to take advantage of these disposal times at no additional cost:

• Recycling Center, Pennsylvania and Lawrence Avenues, will be open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday April 22.
• Bulk item drop off, Pennsylvania and Lawrence Avenues, will be open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday April 22. This includes items like furniture, tires, scrap metal, appliances, or anything else weighing more than 60 pounds.
• Household Hazardous Waste disposal will be available 9 a.m. to noon at Pennsylvania and Lawrence Avenues. This is for residents to dispose of items that should not go down the drain, such as paint, paint thinners, solvents, oil/gas mixtures, automobile fluids, herbicides and pesticides.
• Paper Shredding 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at Citizens Federal Savings Bank, 5151 S. Fourth Street and 1 - 2 p.m. at Citizens Federal Savings Bank, 312 S. Fifth St. Saturday April 22.
• The Brush Site, 1803 S. Second St., will be open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday April 22. The Brush Site is a place for Leavenworth residents to dispose of yard waste, branches, leaves, or other organic materials.
See the City of Leavenworth’s website, www.leavenworthks.org, for more resources on the Citywide Spring Cleanup page.