Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Shred, BOPAE and Medicine Recycle (not Attorneys at law)

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November 21st is Shred Day! (yeah)

Keep Williamson County Beautiful will hold another Shred Day: grab all of your documents that are too personal to recycle and bring them to KWB Shred Day, yeah! Come to 420 Century Court 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Bring documents that have identification numbers such as canceled checks, credit card statements, pay check stubs, insurance documents, IRS forms, marriage license (or not). If they’re not personal with ID numbers we won’t take them (don’t bother with newspapers, magazines or photos). Staples and clips are okay but no binders or clamps. Not bound and 1 inch thick or slimmer. Go to www.keepwilliamsonbeautiful.org for more details. (yeah!)



Medicine Collection: What do you do with medicine that you don’t use? Look in your medicine cabinet and when you see 2003 on the label, you know it’s too late to use that antibiotic. Do not flush them down the drain they will end up in our streams and rivers and might come full circle to our drinking water…water treatment plants may not have any effect on them. Keep expired medication from children and pets. Dispose of them before they reach the landfill or water supply. The Sheriff’s Office of Williamson County, in conjunction with the 21st Judicial Drug Task Force will participate in the City of Franklin’s Solid Waste Division disposal event on November 21st.

Citizens can just drive up and drop out your medications where they will be properly disposed of in accordance with local drug enforcement and environmental laws.

The event will be held November 21 from 8 a.m.—2 p.m. at the City of Franklin Solid Waste Division located at 417 Century Court, Franklin, Tennessee.

For more information, contact Hugh Tharpe, Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, at (615) 790-5554 or HughT@williamson-tn.org.


BOPAE is not a city in India: Come to 417 Century Court Nov. 23rd from 6:30 am-2 pm, City of Franklin’s Municipal Service Center. But what is BOPAE: it stands for Batteries, Oil, Paint, Anti-freeze and Electronics the ‘stuff’ you might have in your garage, cabinets, outbuildings, doghouse, outhouse, etc. that you walk by every day, not really knowing what to do with. You know you’re NOT supposed throw them in the landfill and you used to take to Williamson County Household Hazardous Waste Collection day (but because of budget considerations by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, collection days are down to one day a fiscal year: (it will be again next Springs 2010).

Items will be accepted from Williamson County Residents only and no commercial items can be accepted.

Please visit http://www.keepwilliamsonbeautiful.org/ for details about these collections.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Stormwater fees bring flood of objections

Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009
By: Cliff Hightower & Dave Flessner

Chattanoogans will have to pay more than $100 million in extra fees over the next five years to fix decades-old problems with clogged ditches, broken pipes and polluted runoff.

But many of those who will pay the bill for upgrading the city’s stormwater system say the price tag is too high — and was adopted too quickly.
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