Keen On Clean is provided at no cost to the public on behalf of our sponsors:
Remember: a cleanup can happen anytime throughout the year! Simply call the Cedar Park Code Enforcement office to request information and supplies .
Cedar Park’s "Keen on Clean" Environmental Program
Cedar Park’s "Keen on Clean" Environmental Program
Click on any of the links for information about recycling, disposal and green knowledge please click:
Keep Texas Beautiful
and
LCRA
Cedar Park’s "Keen on Clean" Environmental Program
The City of Cedar Park cares about the environment and you, too! We want our residents to enjoy clean air, clean water, and clean living! Our goal is to do our part in conserving resources such as water and energy, and to help you do your part too! That is why the City of Cedar with the support from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality implemented the Cedar Park Keen on Clean Program.
The program is a forum to influence residents of Cedar Park to keep the City clean and beautiful; to educate people about problems and issues related to trash and to encourage recycling and to be concerned about the environment. This program is to instill community pride and increase participation in the green knowledge and other environmental activities year round; also to maintain an on-going recycling program and to coordinate an annual citywide clean-up program.
The "Keen on Clean Program" was developed to:
• Promote litter reduction
• Implement educational programs
• Provide public information
• Community involvement/awareness
Program Services offered to the Public include:
• Provide environmental education for individuals, businesses, schools, civic and neighborhood organizations, and government agencies.
• Provide solid waste management information, assistance, and planning.
• Recognize citizens, businesses and industries
• Coordinate Neighborhood Clean-ups, Great American Clean-up/Texas Great Trash-Off and Christmas Tree Recycling.
• Manage recycling program for newspaper, cardboard, magazines, telephone books, catalogs and junk mail at four Cedar Park fire stations.
• Speaking programs of Environmental Education Presentations (businesses, schools, community organizations, civic groups and neighborhood associations). Topics include resource conservation, litter prevention, beautification & community improvement, and solid waste management.
An Annual City-Wide Clean-up Event:
• Held annually in coordination with the Texas Trash-Off Campaign.
• Free and open to the public.
• Includes collection of household harzardous waste (please check
www.cedarparktx.us for list of accepted items).
If you or your organization would like more details on how to reuse, recycle, and reduce waste please call the City of Cedar Park at
(512) 401-5160 to schedule an environmental presentation or check out our website for more information.
Please note for year round recycling of HHW, the Williamson County Recycling Center is the nearest station, please call
(512) 846-2756 for list of accepted items, times of operations and costs.
You Too Can Be Keen on Clean !
WHY IS RECYCLING IMPORTANT?
Because reducing waste…
• Saves natural resources
• Saves energy and reduces pollution
• Saves our landfills space
• Creates jobs
REUSING IS IMPORTANT!
Don’t forget that you can also donate, sell or exchange materials that are in good condition.
COMPOSTING INFORMATION
Composting is nature’s way of recycling. It’s a great way to recycle food and yard waste into valuable garden soil and save money on fertilizing and watering. For example, cut grass can be left on the lawn - it’s a good source of nitrogen and is a great natural fertilizer.
HOUSEHOLD HARZARDOUS WASTE
Many left over items commonly used in the home such as paint, cleaning fluids, pesticides, lighter fluid, car batteries, motor oil and filters all contain toxic chemicals that are harmful t o the environment and therefore become household hazardous waste (HHW). It’s important that these chemicals are not disposed of in your trash container, washed down the drain or poured onto the ground or in street drainage... Labels on the products should not be removed if at all possible and the product should not be removed from the original container. In addition, electronic devices such as computers, monitors, keyboards, printers, cell phones, pagers, TVs and VCR.s which contain materials such as lead and mercury, end up unnecessarily polluting the earth in landfills each year. Broken or unwanted electronic equipment can be reused or recycled.