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With crews from Express Disposal combing the streets, bulk items that residents wish to dispose of must be at the curb at 6 a.m.. Once the garbage truck has gone by, it’s too late for this spring—try again next time.

Redfem said additionally that items qualifying as ‘bulk’ for the spring courtesy cleanup with no cost to city residents will be defined as “something that will not fit in the car.”

Items listed as ‘bulky items’ in a page 10 ad for the cleanup this week include such items as sofas, chairs, tables, and mattresses, or up to two yards worth of things, the 36-inch kind and not the land equivalent.

At the same time, there are some things that Express Disposal will NOT accept, for spring cleanup or otherwise.

Chief among these are those items classified as ‘hazardous waste,’ including but not limited to battery acid, paint stripper, or other ‘hazardous’ chemicals as such.

“Anything that is corrosive or would contaminate the water table,” Redfem said for the short list of what isn’t accepted by the company with transfer plant near to Thorp on Tieman Avenue. For such wastes, Redfem mentioned WRR out of Eau Claire (715-834-9624), while First Choice Recycling in Eau Claire (http s ://fir stchoicerecycling. com) will take electronics, he said.

Among the hazardous items that may not appear as such to public imagination are old cathode-ray T.V. sets, as these were coated on the inside with a solution containing mercury— the price of watching ‘The Price Is Right’ and other shows back in the day. Rather than leaving it to Beaver though, old cathode-ray T.V. sets are handled by a different facility, this being ADX out of Eau Claire. There, workers deconstruct each component to dis- pose of old nostalgic heirlooms in an environmentally safe (or as safe as possible) fashion— Among those items not accepted during the bulk cleanup April 9 or landfills generally?

Yard waste and compost, the latter of which is apparently illegal, according to Redfem. We’re no chemist, but this sounds like an over-strong nitrate solution that could contaminate the groundwater.

For such landfill illegal though organic wastes, the Stanley city brush and compost pile on County O by Chapman Park will have to suffice—but then what are you waiting for? April 9 will soon be here, meaning that it’s high time to go through that living room or attic and decide what to keep and throw out—bulk items only please.

More information on disposal options and such is available by going to www.expressdisposalinc. com.

With a local transfer station located just off Tieman Avenue outside the City of Thorp, Express Disposal trucks will soon roll through Stanley, picking up large bulk items like sofas and mattresses—keep those township ditches clean! Staff photo.