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…]The citywide household trash pickup program in Oak Ridge will start Monday, April 2. Household rubbish, old appliances, and minor remodeling materials will be picked up, a press release said. City collection efforts will follow the accompanying schedule as closely as possible.
“Residents have always been very cooperative and we ask for their continued cooperation this year by following a few guidelines,” the press release said: [Read more…]
The citywide household trash pickup program will begin Monday, April 2. Household rubbish, old appliances, and minor remodeling materials will be picked up. City collection efforts will follow the accompanying schedule as closely as possible.
Residents have always been very cooperative and we ask for their continued cooperation this year by following a few guidelines, a press release said: [Read more…]
All City of Oak Ridge administrative offices will be closed on Monday, December 25, and Tuesday, December 26, to observe Christmas. Other closures and adjustments to city services and facilities because of the holidays are listed below:
The extended closure of the Oak Ridge Civic Center is due to gym floor refinishing, a press release said. While the rest of the building will reopen to the public on Wednesday, December 27, the gymnasium will not reopen until Thursday, December 28. [Read more…]
The citywide household trash pick-up program will begin Monday, March 27. Household rubbish, old appliances, and minor remodeling materials will be picked up. City collection efforts will follow the accompanying schedule as closely as possible.
Residents have always been very cooperative and we ask for their continued cooperation this year by following a few guidelines:
Leaf pickup crews are running four days behind due to volume and weather, but all streets will be visited before the end of the annual program, the City of Oak Ridge said.
The citywide leaf pickup program began Monday, November 21.
Here a few guidelines for the program: [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.
Note: This story was updated at 1:20 p.m.
Waste Connections of Tennessee has announced that beginning January 1, 2017, they will suspend glass recycling for their curbside pickup program in Oak Ridge in an effort to remain “dedicated to maintaining a healthy and strong recycling program for all residents,†a press release said.
“Markets for recyclable materials ebb and flow, and changes in glass markets have made this change in service necessary,” Doug McGill, municipal marketing manager for Waste Connections Inc., said in a recent letter to Oak Ridge officials. “By removing glass from curbside collection, we will preserve the overall integrity of our recycling program.”
A City of Oak Ridge press release said McGill went on to say that the processor of recyclables in Knoxville will stop accepting single-stream recycling glass after the first of the year, as will most processing companies across the country. [Read more…]
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…]
“Voice of the Vols†Bob Kesling, director of broadcasting/play-by-play for the Vol Network, and Etta Clark, vice president of global public affairs and policy at Eastman, present the 2016 Good Sports Always Recycle winners at Linden Elementary School with their award. (Submitted photo)
Linden Elementary School in Oak Ridge and Midway Middle School in Ten Mile were recognized at the University of Tennessee homecoming game as two of the statewide winners of the Good Sports Always Recycle, or GSAR, program’s school challenge. Seven other schools were also recognized. All nine were awarded $1,000 each for their programs.
The award sponsors were Eastman Chemical Company, Food City, Waste Connections of Tennessee, and the University of Tennessee, a press release said.
The other GSAR School Challenge winners were Abintra Montessori School in Nashville, Cleveland High School in Cleveland, Emmett Elementary School in Bristol, Fayette Academy in Somerville, John Adams Elementary School in Kingsport, Newport Grammar School in Newport, and Union Elementary STEM and Demonstration School in Gallatin.
New Hope Christian Academy in Memphis was awarded $1,500 for the GSAR Sustainability Steward Award, and Libertas School of Memphis was awarded $1,500 for the Best New Program. [Read more…]
The citywide leaf pickup program will begin Monday, November 21. City collection efforts will follow the proposed schedule as closely as possible.
The schedule is a general guide and can vary considerably from the actual schedule due to the amount of leaves and weather conditions, a press release said. Please note: Streets will be swept approximately two weeks after leaves are picked up in each designated area.
“Residents have always been very cooperative and we ask for their continued cooperation this year by following a few guidelines,” the press release said: [Read more…]
Elm Grove Park in east Oak Ridge has been proposed as a site for a new preschool, and it’s considered the best potential location. The Oak Ridge City Council will consider accepting a report recommending that site during a 7 p.m. meeting on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Other items on the Oak Ridge City Council agenda tonight include possible acceptance of a report that recommends building a new preschool at Elm Grove Park and a five-year contract extension for Waste Connections of Tennessee, the city’s garbage and recyclables contractor.
As previously reported, tonight’s meeting (Monday, January 11) will also include a report on city manager evaluations, with possible discussion of a one-year contract extension and 2 percent pay raise, and a brief update on Main Street Oak Ridge, the $80 million project to redevelop the former Oak Ridge Mall.
The preschool report was presented to Oak Ridge City Council and Oak Ridge Board of Education in October. It came from the Joint City/Schools Preschool Planning Committee, which determined whether to remodel the 70-year-old Preschool building on New York Avenue, lease and renovate a building, or build a new one. [Read more…]
