Earth Angel

Residents can clean out the garage, spruce up the yard, ditch the debris and bring it into the nearest roll-off container during the Hot Springs Solid Waste Department’s annual “Spring Fling” citywide cleanup on April 28-29. The event will take place, rain or shine.

City residents are encouraged to clean their neighborhoods, including nearby vacant lots, and discard items free of charge into the roll-off containers. The containers will be placed in all six city districts during the cleanup. Large or bulky items can be placed next to the container if they are too heavy to lift. Brush will not be accepted. Hazardous waste, such as paint, cleaning fluids or batteries, are also not accepted; Solid Waste will hold a free collection event for these materials on from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. May 19 at the Garland County Fairgrounds.

Residents are asked not to place electronic items in the rolloffs during the Spring Fling. Instead, items such as computer components, radios, smaller televisions and microwaves can be brought to the recycling center at the Solid Waste Department, 218 Runyon St., from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays.

Container locations: District 1 — GBS Tools, 808 E. Grand Ave., and Cedar Street Parking Lot, north of the old Majestic, new location. District 2 — Valley and Runyon streets, and Chattanooga Park, 530 Chattanooga St. District 3 — Hot Springs School District administrative offices, 400 Linwood St., and Coca-Cola, 321 Market St. District 4 — Hot Springs Memorial Field, 525 Airport Road, and Hot Springs Middle School, 700 Main St. District 5 — Hot Springs High School, 701 Emory St., and Oaklawn Magnet School, 301 Oaklawn St., Clark Street side. District 6 — Lakeside School, 2871 Malvern Ave. Garland County Dropoff Location, until 1 p.m. Saturday only (Sunday closed) — Highways 70 west and 7 north transfer stations and Garland County Landfill on Cedar Glades Road.

Last week, Earth Angels of Hot Springs recycled: 96 pounds, aluminum cans; 4,513 pounds, newspaper; 556 pounds, corrugated cardboard; 373 pounds, plastic Nos. 1 and 2; 78,560 pounds, yard waste. Commercial cardboard recycling, 75,100 pounds. A total of 79.60 tons of recyclable materials were kept out of the landfill.

Collection schedule

Today: Whittington/Quapaw-Prospect

Monday: Jaycee Park/Oaklawn-Henderson

Tuesday: Richard/Airport-Family Park Wednesday: Grove/Files Road-Higdon Ferry Thursday: McAuley-Greenwood

April 13: Hobson-Plain