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 Join the City's “Clean up, Evanston!" event in honor of Earth Day and Arbor Day on Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Community groups and individuals of all ages can sign up to volunteer at any one of ten designated clean-up sites across the city by visiting volunteerevanston.org or calling/texting 847-448-4311. There is at least one clean-up location in each of Evanston's nine wards.
The "Clean up, Evanston!" location in our 4th Ward is Robert Crown Park. Volunteers should meet at 9 a.m. at Robert Crown Community Center, located at 1701 Main St. Thank you for your help keeping Evanston beautiful!
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 Evanston's Streets & Sanitation Division has begun seasonal street sweeping operations to help eliminate litter, debris and leaves from the street. If you haven't already, I encourage you to sign up for convenient courtesy text message and/or email notifications to get reminded of street sweeping in your area. A street sweeping schedule for the 2015 season can also be found online. Click here >>>
 Planning to do some spring cleaning? Now is a great time! Twice each year the City’s Streets & Sanitation Division offers residents the free removal of up to six cubic yards of bulk garbage, which is roughly equivalent to the size of two couches. Spring 2015 bulk trash pick-ups will take place on Fridays, April 17 through May 8, and are scheduled according to residents’ normal refuse pick-up day.
View guidelines and more information >>>
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 Weekly yard waste pick-ups began this month and will continue on residents' regular refuse collection day through December 3. Yard waste can be disposed of in paper yard waste bags affixed with a City of Evanston yard waste sticker, or in 95-gallon reusable yard waste carts, available for purchase from the City Collector. After purchasing a yard waste cart, there is an annual fee of $25. Learn more >>>
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 In February, the City launched a targeted multi-family
recycling pilot program for select apartment buildings with six units or more serviced
by Groot. Nearly 200 buildings were chosen to participate based on existing
recycling truck routes. The pilot program, which runs through October 31, is
focused on increasing the recycling capacity at select buildings and
determining if the City has the capacity within its existing equipment and
staff to pick up recycling from all multi-family buildings in Evanston. All
participating property owners and tenants have received notification from the
City alerting them to the pilot program. This program does not affect what can and
cannot be recycled; the same items are still accepted.
For more information, including a list of buildings that are
participating in the pilot program, please visit cityofevanston.org/mfrecycling or
call/text 847-448-4311.
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 April 12-18 is National Library Week! Please take a brief online survey to provide the Evanston Public Library with your feedback about library services. The library will also be collecting input in-person at community centers and events throughout the month of April.
Take the survey >>>
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