56 MyClearwater Snippets
Know What's Up In
Your City
Keep updated with the city of
Clearwater by following the city’s
social feeds. Visit the city’s official
Facebook page (facebook.com/
cityofclearwater), the Clearwater
Police Department page (facebook.
com/clearwaterpolice), Clearwater
Fire & Rescue page (facebook.com/
clwfire), Parks & Recreation page
(facebook.com/clearwaterparksandrec)
and more. Users also can link to city
Twitter feeds (@MyClearwater and
@MyClearwaterPD), Instagram and
Pinterest. Watch live city council
meetings on the city’s YouTube
account, Facebook Live, or streaming
video feature of myclearwater.
com, and you can sign up for email
news blasts at myclearwater.com/
enotifications.
Bags are Bad for the
Bin
Bags are bad for the bin! Plastic
grocery bags – whether empty or
filled with recyclables – should
never go in your blue recycling bin.
They get pulled during sorting and
thrown away, regardless of what’s
inside. Wrapping for paper towels,
dry cleaning, food wrappers and
newspaper delivery bags get tangled in
sorting equipment and break it. Take
your bags back to the grocery store, or
throw them away instead.
Be a Good Neighbor
We all want to have – and to be – good neighbors. Residents should try to keep
their properties neat and clean. Cleaning a driveway, a yard, patio or street gutters
of dead leaves can make an enormous impact on how a neighborhood looks to
others.
Be sure to properly dispose of grass clippings, leaves and other vegetative debris
when maintaining lawns. Don’t blow grass clippings into the street, toward catch
basins or down storm drains,
and residents should not pile
trash on or near catch basins.
While stormwater often travels
through pipes under roads just
like sewage, it is not treated at
a wastewater treatment plant.
Instead, stormwater carries grass
and leaves from lawns directly
into ponds, lakes, rivers and
bays and can clog storm drains.
Help keep Clearwater bright and
beautiful by keeping Clearwater’s
neighborhoods looking their best.
Set Out Yard Waste Properly
In addition to once-weekly garbage collection, the city’s Solid Waste/Recycling
department provides separate collection for yard waste, scrap metal, bulk debris
and household items. These materials should be placed at the curb on your trash
day, not in a black or blue barrel. Give three feet of clearance, and make sure the
area is free of obstructions. Call 562-4920 with questions.
Rethink Waste
Food scraps, electronics, furniture, plastic bottles, pool
chemicals, and junk mail. What goes where? Find out
by playing the Rethink Waste recycling sorting game at
myclearwater.com/rethinkwaste. It features landmarks from
around Clearwater and allows participants to create their
own park as they assess their waste disposal skills. The game
is useful for children and adults alike, as many people are
often confused about how to responsibly dispose
of everyday items. This fun and interactive
game will test your knowledge on
whether a material can be
recycled, composted or
disposed of as garbage. Play it
at myclearwater.com/rethinkwaste.
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