Contracted Street Sweeping Activities :
Activity |
Quantity |
Residential Lane Miles |
1,589.787 |
Major Intersections ( each ) |
360 |
Entertainment District ( cycles ) |
47 |
Special Events ( hours ) |
20 |
b .
Litter Pickup
The litter pick up program reduces the discharge of floatables into the MS4 by engaging citizens and businesses in litter collection activities throughout the year . The program consists of litter clean up citizen events as well as contracted litter pick up services . Below is a report of litter pickup activities :
1 . Waste Contractor Litter Control Monthly Totals :
Month |
Bags Collected |
Weight ( lbs ) |
October |
1373 |
39,420 |
November |
1246 |
37,880 |
December |
1214 |
45,080 |
January |
797 |
30,920 |
February |
313 |
12,140 |
March |
1070 |
41,520 |
April |
822 |
31,880 |
May |
967 |
37,520 |
June |
993 |
38,520 |
July |
843 |
32,720 |
August |
405 |
15,720 |
September |
790 |
30,660 |
Grand Total |
10,833 |
393,980 |
2 . Parks and Recreation :
The City of Arlington , Keep Arlington Beautiful affiliate was disbanded in FY18 due to lack of Board activity and participation . However , some of KABs related activities remain were transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department for coordination including Creek and Litter Cleanup Events . In FY21 , Parks and Recreation was unable to conduct any clean-up events due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions . While the Parks and Recreation department typically sponsors neighborhood cleanup events by providing trash bags and other materials with use of their Litter Trailer , there was no use of the trailer in FY21 . As such , no volunteer attendance and volunteer hours are recorded for the fiscal year .
c .
Recycling Program – Automated Curbside ; Leaf / Brush ; and Landfill Coupon
The City of Arlington ’ s automated cart recycling program replaced the previous open bin recycling program in June 2013 . The recycling carts are equipped with a lid to reduce the incidence of wind-blown litter that could potentially
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