Springfield Clean Up Day

Springfield Cean Up Day 2007 was scheduled to commence on Saturday, April 28th, come rain or shine. Thankfully, we were spared the former. But as I drove to my appointed meeting place, a heavy fog draped the buildings of downtown, and I remember saying to myself, "come on, give us a break...."

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Below is a short video of the day as we cleaned up sections of the South End.







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UPDATE ON CLEAN UP RESULTS:
(info from Keep Springfield Beautiful)

Recap of the Great American Clean Up on April 28th:

- 47.25 tons of miscellaneous trash picked up by the DPW.
- 2.83 tons of televisions and monitors.
- 4.5 tons of metal to be recycled by Jos. Freedman.
- 4.5 tons of tires brought to Jos. Freedman dumpsters for recycling.
- 108 tons of bulk waste in the Waste Management dumpsters.
- 3.42 tons of litter collected by the Parks Department.

Grand Total - 170.5 tons (341,000 lbs) of trash removed from the streets and vacant lots of Springfield on Saturday, 4/28/07 (reaching the target).


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