Each spring, the City of Wilson hosts a week-long Spring Clean Up week, a time for Wilson residents to clean out all the bulky items and junk accumulated over the winter. We also host events like the Shred-a-Thon and Mulch Giveaway. Spring Clean Up Week coincides with the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Spring Litter Sweep, helping us focus on sprucing up our homes and our community.
This year, Spring Clean-Up Week will be April 24-30. Beginning Monday, environmental services crews will collect:
- Furniture and bulky items (chair, table, sofa, etc.), which are loadable by two people
- Appliances and other “white goods” (stove, water heater, washer, dryer, etc.)
- Tires
- Other junk
- Yard waste including pine straw, leaves, clippings & limbs
Please separate items for Spring Clean-Up Week from normal garbage and recyclable containers. Place items behind the curb, three feet from trees, mailboxes and utility poles, and out of storm drains, gutters and sidewalks.
Paper Shredding Event
April 30 from 8 a.m. until noon; 1501 Ward Blvd. (old Wilson Mall)
A paper shredding event will be held on April 30 from 8 a.m. until noon at 1501 Ward Blvd (old Wilson Mall) near Abrams in the vacant parking lot.
Free shedding is intended for personal, sensitive documents. Residents should recycle magazines, junk mail, and other waste paper with regular recycling.
Mulch Giveaway
April 30 from 8 a.m. until noon; Toisnot Park
In association with Spring Clean Up Week the city environmental services department will hold a mulch giveway. Bring a truck or large bags, delivery is not available. Only brown mulch is available.
North Carolina Spring Litter Sweep (NC DOT)
The 2022 Spring Litter Sweep is taking place April 16-30.
Traditionally scheduled for the last two weeks of April and September, Litter Sweep is the N.C. Department of Transportation’s biannual statewide roadside litter removal initiative. Residents throughout the state participate in local efforts to help clean up North Carolina's roadways.
In addition to volunteers, NCDOT maintenance crews devote one week of their time to pick up litter and collect orange bags placed on the roadsides by volunteer pickups.
Volunteers are provided cleanup supplies, such as reversible orange/blue trash bags, gloves and orange safety vests from their local NCDOT County Maintenance Yard office. Our Wilson NC DOT Coordinator is Sybil Stancil at 252-462-2582 or contact through the NCDOT website https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/environmental/adoptahighway/Pages/coordinators.aspx
For supplies, contact the NCDOT County Maintenance Office at 252-640-6460.
Swat-A-Litterbug
The N.C Department of Transportation’s Swat-A-Litterbug Program encourages the public to report people who litter in an effort to help make North Carolina roadways cleaner. The program provides every individual an opportunity to be an active participant in reducing litter on North Carolina roadways.
The public can report those who litter by contacting NC DOT's Litter Management Section by calling 1-800-331-5864 or reporting online at: https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/environmental/litter-management/Pages/swat-a-litterbug-report.aspx
Littering North Carolina roadways is illegal and can result in fines for those that commit the offense. Some litterbugs simply need to be informed and reminded that littering – whether deliberate or unintentional – can end with a personal commitment to stop.
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