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News
Web Changes
This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've
visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.
![[New!]](smallnew.gif) New
Hours- The Boston Mountain Solid Waste District will begin its
new hours of
operation schedule on November 6, 2006. The new hours of will be
Monday- Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday operation hours
will stay the same of 8:00 a.m. to noon.
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- New
Facilities Open
- The Boston Mountain Solid Waste District in
Prairie Grove started off the new year with two brand new facilities a
transfer station and a recycling center.
These facilities, known as the West Washington County Transfer
Station and
Recycling
Center, opened
January 3, 2006
. The facilities
accept a variety of materials such as household trash, construction
debris, and recyclables including cardboard, paper board, mixed paper,
newspaper, magazines, steel/tin cans, aluminum cans, and all colors of
glass. Source separated
recyclable are accepted at no charge while small quantities of household
trash are charged at $1.00 a bag.
Trash and construction debris disposal are charged $42.50 a ton, while
commingled recyclable are $15.00 a ton. Operational hours will be
Monday Friday 7:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m.
, and Saturdays from
8:00 a.m.
Noon
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 - New
Littering Hotline Announced
- The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department has announced a new
littering hotline. You can call this number and report anything from
someone flicking a cigarette butt out the window to large amounts of trash
falling off a truck while you remain anonymous. Just call and give
them a description of the car, the license plate number (important) and
where it occurred. The number to call is (866) 811-1222.
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- New
Solid Waste Plan Adopted
- The
District adopted a new Solid Waste Plan on March 2, 2006. The
solid waste plan will be up-dated yearly by March 1st of each
year. A copy of the plan can be downloaded by clicking here
or a print copy is available from the District for $20.00. Note, this
is a large Adobe Acrobat file (approx. 3.8 Mbytes).
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Press Releases
Below you will find an archives of the press release that the District sends
out to local media. Please feel free to check these out to make sure you
didn't miss any new information or program announcements.
Upcoming Activities
Elm Springs Rural Recycling Drive----2nd and 4th Saturday of each month
Winslow Rural Recycling Drive---------1st weekend of each month
Board Meetings:
3rd Thursday of Febuary, May, August, and November
10:30 a.m. at Washington County Quram Court.
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