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New Recycling Carts Delivered to South Arlington Homes
The City’s new wheeled recycling carts began being delivered this week to south Arlington homes at a rate of about 5,000 per day, ushering in the citywide switch away from the current open-top bins. Arlington officials said that while the wheeled carts will be easy and more convenient to use, residents do have a few [...]
Drug Take-Back Day is Tomorrow!
Properly dispose of prescription and over-the-counter drugs during National Drug Take-Back The City of Arlington is participating in a National Drug Take-Back initiative. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) encourages governments all across the country to be available for people to properly dispose of unused and unwanted prescription drugs that have collected in their homes. On Saturday, [...]
Free Community Shredding Event to Mark Earth Day
If you need to shred some important papers, Texas Health Resources (THR) is hosting a free community shredding event, “Earth Day ShredFest,” from 9 a.m.-noon on April 20 at several THR facilities across the Metroplex. A THR representative and truck from Shred-it will be outside each of the 13 facilities. Local residents can bring up [...]
Drug Take-Back Day is Saturday, April 27
Properly dispose of prescription and over-the-counter drugs during National Drug Take-Back The City of Arlington is participating in a National Drug Take-Back initiative. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) encourages governments all across the country to be available for people to properly dispose of unused and unwanted prescription drugs that have collected in their homes. On Saturday, [...]
Arlington Joins Effort to “Reverse Litter”
The City of Arlington is joining the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) and other North Texas cities in an anti-litter, public awareness campaign aimed at improving water quality in the region. Buzz Pishkur, Director of Water Utilities, hopes the “Reverse Litter” campaign will raise public awareness about how roadside litter can pollute the area’s water supplies. [...]
Arlington Promotes Flood Safety Awareness Week
Floodwaters can be swift, powerful and, at times, deadly. Floods are the most frequent and costly natural disaster in the United States. Advanced planning can help protect lives and minimize property losses due to flooding. With the spring approaching, Arlington is partnering with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [...]
Love our Lake: Join the Effort to Fight Litter on Lake Arlington
Keep Arlington Beautiful, the City of Arlington’s Water and Parks and Recreation Departments, and local geocachers and volunteers will join forces to clean up Lake Arlington on April 6, 2013 from 8AM-Noon. Volunteers at last year’s April cleanup removed over 10.8 tons of litter from the lake, and even more volunteers are expected for this [...]
Be a Part of the Solution… Become an Arlington Master Composter
In response to the need to keep yard trimmings out of our landfill, the City of Arlington in partnership with the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality, is offering a master composter Training Program for its citizens March 1 & 2 . This program, designed to train and recruit local volunteers who will promote backyard composting [...]
Top Stories on MyArlingtonTx.com in 2012
2012 has come and is almost gone, but some of the things that have taken place will linger in the collective memory of the city, particularly the April tornado. Here we have compiled a list of the top 5 most read stories on MyArlingtonTX.com. How we did it: We referenced our site statistics, which showed [...]
Two Arlington Locations to Accept Recycled Trees
After the holidays are over, residents and businesses are encouraged to recycle Christmas trees. Two free drop-off locations are available from Dec. 26, 2012 through Jan. 12, 2013: South Arlington Calloway’s Nursery 4949 S. Cooper St. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily 817-465-2838 North Arlington Arlington Sanitary Landfill 800 Mosier Valley Road 7 a.m. to [...]
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New Recycling Carts Delivered to South Arlington Homes
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