A city-wide spring cleanup will take place in Manhattan from March 29 through April 2.
“The city will pick up yard waste, tree limbs and branches if they’re properly bagged and stacked at the curb,” Jake Powell, Manhattan Fire Department fire marshall, said. “Yard waste needs to be in paper yard waste bags. [There also needs to be] separate piles of tree limbs and branches.”
He says the city will not pick up other items, such as construction scraps and trash.
According to Powell, the cleanup is a way of preventing fires during a time that is traditionally considered the beginning of wildfire season.
“There are some areas of town that are close to native-grass prairies, so anything you can do to keep combustible debris, like leaves and brush, cleaned up around your house definitely helps prevent those fires from possibly spreading to a structure,” Powell said.
For more information on material eligible to be hauled away during the clean-up or to see when crews will be performing pick-ups in your area of the city, visit cityofmhk.com/springcleanup.
