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City of Casper Spring Cleaning Reminders

Karen Snyder — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:20:37 +0000

Spring time often motivates spring cleaning. In doors and outdoors the process usually ends with a collection of stuff ready for the trash.

Casper's Code Enforcement Supervisor, Shelly Leclere reminds folks that as your clearing out junk and yard waste there are some rules to remember

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Casper's Yard Waste Program Triggers Questions

Karen Snyder — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:42:20 +0000

A city of Casper pilot project introducing optional yard waste collection has put the spot light on some misconceptions.

The program looks to divert yard waste out of the landfill and ideally put it back into use as soil nutrient

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Proposed Yard Waste P.U. Program Tweaked

Karen Snyder — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:08:24 +0000

The city of Casper continues to tweak a Yard Waste Program after a small but vocal group of citizens complained of feeling picked on. Curbside pickup of yard waste is scheduled to begin in the spring, one route at a time starting on Thursdays at a cost of $10 a month for six months

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Yard Waste Diversion Plan Would Roll Out Slowly

Karen Snyder — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:56:02 +0000

Diversion of yard waste out of the landfill and into city compost would be introduced incrementally if Casper City Council passes an ordinance that heard first reading Tuesday. City officials describe it as voluntary, though once implemented you would not be allowed to dump grass clippings and other yard waste into the regular dumpster

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Casper Yard Waste Collection To Phase In Over Five Years

Karen Snyder — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:06:02 +0000

Curb side collection of yard waste begins this summer.

Casper City Council gave the go ahead for the program, but for those who've been waiting for its implementation, depending upon where you live, you may have to wait awhile longer

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House Committee Talks Leaking Landfills

Karen Snyder — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:05:35 +0000

Casper's Solid Waste Manager was in Cheyenne Friday meeting with a house committee as they consider a bill that would determine when and where dollars will go to cover the cost of remediating leaking landfills and the resulting contaminated ground water.

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