News and Events

City of Melbourne, Arkansas

News and Events

News

The City of Melbourne has implemented a comprehensive recycling program
to collect aluminum, metal cans, plastics, paper and cardboard.

The collection site is the Highway 69 Fire Station in Melbourne and collection dates are Tuesday afternoons from 4:30-6:00 pm and Friday
mornings from 10 am to 12:30 pm.

Items you can drop-off:

> Aluminum - beverage cans only (crushed cans preferred).

> Metal Cans - food, beverage and juice cans. Empty foods and liquid and
rinse thoroughly. OK to Leave labels on. (No paint cans or oil cans.)

> Plastics - Soft Drink bottles, milk jugs, detergent bottles, etc.
Containers MUST have #1 or #2 inside the triangle on the bottom. No
paint, oil, chemical (pesticide or herbicide) plastics.

> Paper - newspapers, magazines, phone books, paper, junk mail. Please
keep paper dry!

> Cardboard - Boxes, dry food boxes, shoe boxes, etc. Flatten all boxes.
Pizza delivery boxes are OK but no wax-coated or frozen food boxes.

Events

Izard County Fair

September 24-26

www.izardcofair.org

North Central Arkansas District Fair

September 28-October 3

www.ncadistrictfair.org

City Wide Yard Sale

Annual Spring City Wide Yard Sale is scheduled for Saturday, October 3rd, 2009. Event will take place rain or shine. Contact City Hall for details.

Pioneer Days 2009

The Pioneer Day awards list is available on the Pioneer Day page!

Call 870-368-4215

City of Melbourne

PO Box 128, Melbourne AR 72556