Community Clean-Up Day (11.2.19) totals are provided from Rhonda Fink, community services representative for Lakeland. The semi-annual clean-up was at Fireworks City in Lakeland.
105 unloads November 2019
Domestic bulk – 26,360 lbs. Yard waste – 0
Metal – 0 E-Waste – 3,037 lbs.
Tires – 33
135 unloads April 2019
Domestic bulk – 48,600 lbs. Yard waste – 8,100 lbs.
Metal – 4,680 lbs. E-Waste – 3,064 lbs.
Tires – 81
111 unloads – November 2018
Domestic bulk – 12,616 lbs. Yard waste – 0
Metal – 5,440 lbs. E-Waste – 2,666 lbs.
Tires – 40
In addition to the twice-yearly clean-up days, the City also operates a knuckleboom loader (boom truck), offering free bulk waste pickup weekly in Lakeland. It was purchased two years ago.
The boom truck collects such items as furniture, large limbs and appliances not exceeding 10 cubic yards. There is no cost except fees for specialty items such as appliances and waste which exceeds ten cubic yards.
Link to the boom truck details on the City website: https://www.lakelandtn.gov/index.aspx?NID=400
Bulk pickups totals from 2019 utilizing the Lakeland boom truck
JANUARY – 102 FEBRUARY – 69
MARCH – 126 APRIL – 167
MAY – 157 JUNE – 240
JULY – 200 AUGUST – 161
SEPTEMBER – 145 OCTOBER – 138
… Photos by Jim Willis, Lakeland Currents
