The Anderson County Courthouse is closed Tuesday due to winter weather.
Anderson County was under a winter storm warning until Tuesday morning, with more snow expected Monday night, a press release said. With lows tonight expected to be 14 degrees Monday night, and a high on Tuesday expected at 25 degrees, “the snow and ice will create unsafe for conditions for citizens and county employees,” the press release said.
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The Waste Connections Convenience Center on Warehouse Road had temporarily stopped accepting bulk items and brush and yard waste due to COVID-19.
But the center is accepting these items again this month.
The convenience center was scheduled to start accepting bulk items and metal on Monday, May 4. It is scheduled to begin accepting brush and yard waste on Monday, May 18.
A bulk item is something that doesn’t fit in your garbage can. Examples include furniture, appliances, electronics, wood waste, and tires.
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Anderson County is asking you to bring only household garbage to convenience centers and the Chestnut Ridge landfill for now as the volume of waste increases while more people are staying at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The request comes as the stay-at-home order issued by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee on Thursday, April 2, remains in effect through at least Tuesday, April 14.
In a press release, Geoff Trabalka, supervisor of Anderson County Solid Waste Management, said many residents have extra time because of the stay-at-home order, and some are trying to make the most of that extra time by cleaning homes, making repairs, and working in yards, among other activities.
“All of these activities produce a large quantity of added material to the waste stream,” the press release said. “In the last two weeks, Anderson County has seen an extreme increase in waste being brought to its convenience centers, and to the Chestnut Ridge Landfill, particularly on Saturdays. This has raised the volume of garbage being hauled to 1.5 to 2 times the normal volume. Yard waste and bulk waste items like furniture and appliances are a great portion of that increase.”
[Read more…]Waste Connections of Tennessee, the city’s garbage contractor, will stop accepting glass for recycling next week.
The glass has been accepted for recycling at the Convenience Center in east Oak Ridge.
The last day glass will be accepted at the Convenience Center will be Thursday, August 29, the City of Oak Ridge said in a press release Tuesday.
Beginning Friday, August 30, glass should be placed with regular trash, the press release said.
[Read more…]Waste Connections of Tennessee will close the Convenience Center located at 400 Warehouse Road in Oak Ridge all day Sunday, January 1, 2017 (New Year’s Day).
There will be no change to the weekly residential refuse and recycling pick-up schedule, a press release said.
For more information, you can contact Waste Connections of Tennessee at (865) 482-3656 or visit the company’s website at wasteconnectionsTN.com.
Waste Connections of Tennessee will close the Convenience Center at 400 Warehouse Road at noon on Saturday, December 24, in observance of Christmas. The Convenience Center will reopen on Monday, December 26.
In addition, the Convenience Center will be closed all day Sunday, January 1, 2017, in observance of the New Year’s holiday. [Read more…]
Waste Connections Inc. will close the Convenience Center located at 400 Warehouse Road on Saturday, July 4, in observation of the Fourth of July holiday. On Sunday, July 5, the Convenience Center will reopen on regular schedule from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
There will be no change to the regular residential weekly refuse and recycling pick-up schedule.
“Thank you for your cooperation with this schedule adjustment,” the City of Oak Ridge said in a press release.
Contact Waste Connections Inc. at (865) 482-3656 or visit www.wasteconnectionstn.com for more information.
Authorities said unknown suspects used this stolen Bobcat in a Christmas morning plot to steal a safe from a standalone ATM in east Oak Ridge. The attempted heist appears to have gone awry after the Bobcat tipped over on its side in a small culvert next to Bogola Road.
Note: This story was last updated at 12:45 p.m.
A stolen pickup truck and Bobcat were used in the unsuccessful Christmas morning plot to steal the safe from a standalone ATM in east Oak Ridge, authorities said.
The Oak Ridge Police Department said the unknown suspects used the truck, stolen from the nearby Waste Connections convenience center, to try to knock the automated teller machine off the concrete pad. When that didn’t work, they allegedly used the Bobcat, which was also stolen from Waste Connections.
The Bobcat demolished the ATM and hauled the ATM several hundred feet away before flipping over in a small culvert next to Bogola Road, which is the Oak Ridge Turnpike entrance to the convenience center. [Read more…]
