Christmas Trees

Now that Christmas is over, it is time to take down the tree and put it away or get rid of it.  If you are like me and get a fresh tree each year, it has to go out for disposal. Most garbage haulers will pick it up (for a fee) the first week or two in January, but you have to call them to make arrangements for it to be removed.  If you don't call, you may be stuck with it...or like me, just use it for the first bonfire of the spring. 

Goodbye Pumpkins

Who would have thought we would get so many pumpkins? Not me, but we recycled (composted) over 19,000 lbs. of pumpkins from Nov. 1 to Nov. 7.  Thank you residents of Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Crystal and New Hope! We also had one resident reuse pumpkin stems that she dug out of our container. Take a look at the velvet pumpkin crafts she gave us as a sample.

The Great Pumpkin was Spotted in Brooklyn Park!

Can you spot the Great Pumpkin? Who can guess how many pounds of pumpkins are in the container?  Take a guess!

Pumpkin Recycling Continues

Great start to our pumpkin recycling. After our 1st full day, we have collected about 1000lbs. of pumpkins! Keep them coming and I'll keep you posted on how many we get.

Pumpkin Recycling

Get ready to recycle your pumpkins. A roll-off container will be placed at Central Park in the same parking lot as the free wood mulch, which is across the street from Brooklyn Park's Operations & Maintenance facility, 8300 Noble Ave N.  Residents of Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Crystal, and New Hope may place pumpkins in the container starting November 1 and continuing until November 7.  We will empty the container as necessary and the pumpkins will be composted into new dirt to grow more pumpkins next year.

Free Drug Recycling

This Saturday, Sept. 25th there is a National Drug Take Back Initiative.  This is a first of its kind chance to properly recycle/dispose of all your old or unwanted precription medicine.  See http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/takeback/ for more information and to search for the nearest collection site.  The sites in Blaine, Andover, and St. Louis Park are probably the closets for you, but check it out!!!

Did you get a postcard?

Starting today residents in the 2010 Bulky Waste Curbside Clean Up collection area should start receiving a reminder postcard to get ready for the event on Sept. 18th.  If you live in the area north of 85th Ave N and South of 93rd Ave N you are in the collection area.  Single family through eight unit households may participate by putting out general junk, up to two appliances, mattresses, carpet, furniture, scrap metal and much more. Please call 763-493-8006 with questions or send an e-mail to bpom@brooklynpark.org