KCMO residents may properly dispose of unwanted household items such as old furniture, leaves & brush, tires and trash at three drop-off sites in the 5th Council District from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 17, as part of an annual spring cleanup conducted by the City Public Works Department and sponsored by 5th District City Councilmembers Darrell Curls and Ryana Parks-Shaw.
The sites are Center Academy for Success at 8434 Paseo, Ruskin High School at 7000 E. 111th St., and Southeast High School at 3500 E. Meyer Blvd.
On-site document shredding and electronics recycling also will be available at Center Academy for Success and Ruskin High School.
Electronics that will be accepted include computers, copiers, Fax machines, printers, scanners and other home audio, video and gaming equipment and related items. There is a $5 charge for CRT monitors, a $20 charge for LCD TVs, a $30 charge for CRT TVs and a $50 charge for projection TVs.
Household hazardous waste that is difficult to dispose of properly also will be accepted for no charge at the Ruskin High School site where I will be volunteering on behalf of the South Kansas City Alliance that assists with the cleanups in the 5th & 6th Council Districts. This service always draws large numbers of residents. Household hazardous waste that will be accepted includes automotive fluids such as anti-freeze and oil, batteries, cooking oil, household cleaners, insecticides & pesticides, lawn & garden products, light bulbs and paint.
At past cleanups, paint is one of the items that is most frequently brought in for proper disposal.
Persons would be well advised to give themselves plenty of time to get to the drop-off sites which do shut down promptly at noon.
This spring’s annual 6th Council District cleanup with drop-off sites at First Baptist Church of KCMO at 100 W. Red Bridge Rd. and at Ward Parkway Presbyterian Church at 7406 Ward Parkway served over 500 vehicles at the Red Bridge Rd. site and nearly 500 at the Ward Parkway site, a higher number than usual for 6th District cleanups, and vehicles were lined up at both sites waiting for them to open.
I have volunteered for several years at the Red Bridge Rd. site, and this was the busiest I’d ever seen it. Several vehicles made two trips to that site, and a few even made three.