Spring Neighborhood Clean Up

Volunteers Needed

Spring Clean Up Coming, Saturday, May 12th 

Spring cleaning for Gulch residents is almost here. Our annual neighborhood Spring Clean Up (aka Trash Bash) will be held Saturday, May 12 from 9 am to 1 pm. Again this year, it’s a joint effort with Irvington neighborhood and will be held at the Holladay Park Church of God, NE 21st and Tillamook.

The dumpsters will be ready for your trash and volunteers will be standing by to recycle a number of items not accepted in the City’s curbside recycling. A donation is suggested, since this is a fundraiser both neighborhoods.

Recyclables accepted this year include:
  • Metals and appliances — no charge
  • Block styrofoam — $1-5 suggested
  • Tires — $5 each suggested
  • Car batteries — $5 each suggested
  • Electronic waste — $1-5 per item.

This year we will not be accepting paint, hazardous waste, batteries, or fluorescent lamps. As in previous years, no curbside recycling items will be accepted. This means no yard debris, cardboard, paper, glass, or plastic. Nearby recycling locations for these items will be posted on the SGNA website. 

Other items may be included as well, so watch the corner signs and check the web site during the week before the Clean Up for details.

Metro, the City of Portland, and the NE Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN) help make the clean ups possible. And thanks also to Gabriel’s Bakery for providing volunteers with pastries for the day.

To sign up, or for more information about the Spring Clean Up, visit our web site at www.sullivansgulch.org, or contact Dave Brook, 503-313-1320, dbrookportland@gmail.com.