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May 3, 2018
Plymouths schedule
annual clean-up day
P
LYMOUTH
Residents in both the city and township
of Plymouth can join in a little spring
cleaning onMay 12.
Spring Clean Up Day in the city has
been set for Saturday, May 12 this year
while township officials have set the annu-
al Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Day for the same date.
Spring Clean Up in the city is the annu-
al collection day when residents can dis-
pose of extra items and especially large
items at no additional cost. Spring Clean
Up is for household disposal, not contrac-
tor disposal, officials stressed.
Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Day will take place in the parking lot of
USA Hockey Arena at 14900 Beck Road,
and is open to Plymouth Township resi-
dents only. Photo identification will be
required, officials said.
Common household items that will be
accepted at the event include: computer
equipment, batteries, TVs, VCRs, DVRs,
game consoles, fire extinguishers, smoke
detectors, paints and stains, fluorescent
light tubes, gasoline, oil, pesticides, fertiliz-
ers, syringes and non-controlled prescrip-
tionmedicines.
Items that cannot be accepted include:
Ammunition, fireworks, tires, appliances,
items containing PUBs, and radioactive
devices.
City Officials noted that Spring Clean
Up Day will not interrupt the regular
weekly trashand recycling pickup.
Residents are cautioned not to place the
brown automated trash cart out at the curb
for Spring Clean Up as the non-automated
trucks cannot empty them. No recycling or
compost pick up will occur on Spring
CleanUpDay.
Each household is allowed eight trash
cans or the equivalent, plus two large items
such as a washer, dryer, couch or desk as
examples, according to information provid-
edby the city.
All small refuse must be placed in con-
tainers strong enough to hold the weight
such as plastic bags, cans or boxes.
Containers must weigh less than 50
pounds.
Appliances containing Freon such as
refrigerators, freezers, water coolers, air
conditioners or dehumidifiers must have a
valid certificate of Freon removal attached
to the appliance. Residents should contact
any heating and cooling company for this
service, a city spokesman said. It is against
the law to place a refrigerator at the curb
without removing the doors, she added.
All items to be collected must be placed
at the curb in a neat and safe manner as
not to pose any danger to the collectors or
other residents.
All trashmust be at the curb by 6 a.m. on
May 12 or it may not be picked up. The city
has requested that no materials be placed
at the curb more than 24 hours in advance
of SpringCleanUpDay.
Items that will not be picked up on
Spring Clean Up Day include; tires; con-
crete or other major construction debris;
auto parts; piles of dirt and/or sod;
extremely large items (e.g., boats, cars,
engines, motorcycles, snowmobiles, pianos,
etc.); hazardous materials (e.g., gasoline,
fuel or motor oil, paint thinners, pesticides
andmedical waste.
For more information, contact the
Plymouth Department of Municipal
Services at (734)453-7737 or at
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mouth.mi.us.
Due to the cost of disposal of hazardous
waste, which is approximately $33.50 per
vehicle, township officials are urging resi-
dents to 'buddy up' with neighbors to bring
hazardous waste to the hockey arena. For
example, one vehicle delivering for four
households will save township taxpayers
$100 and will help provide this service
againnext year.
Please contact the township SolidWaste
Department at (734) 414-1452 for more
information regarding acceptable items.
free policies.
Vorva's also done extensive TV and
YouTube work on science, technology,
engineering and math and ways to make
the world better. She's also worked on
empowering girls and served on the
board of directors for The Jane Goodall
Institute. Goodall, whom she has met,
remains one of her heroes and role mod-
els.
“This campaign is what really gaveme
my voice,” she said. “We really got every-
one involved,” Vorva said.
“I didn't want to put a negative name
on an organization that had taught me so
much,” she said of Girl Scouting, for
which she developed a merit badge on
the environment.
While visiting the United Nations, a
woman on staff emphasized choosing
words carefully. “It was an important les-
son in diplomacy,” she said. “You need to
be more practical and figure out how you
can build bridges. We definitely had a
message that was heard around the
world.”
She advised the Rotary Club audience
to heed young voices.
“Take that person seriously because
we dohave a freshperspective.”
Vorva is the daughter of Plymouth
Township Clerk Jerry Vorva, a former
state legislator, and doesn't discount poli-
tics in her future but isn't pursuing that
path, but rather a career in environmen-
tal science.
Plymouth Township Supervisor Kurt
Heise introduced Vorva, who has also
been honored with the Girl Scout Silver
andGold awards, to the club.
“She is planning to pay it forward to
the Plymouth community upon her
return,” Heise said. “I'm looking forward
tohearingwhat she has to say.”
Vorva has trained many students
while she has traveled the world to raise
awareness of the environment, although
her upcoming graduate work at the pres-
tigious University of Cambridge in
England will be her first time in the
UnitedKingdom.
Vorva's acceptance to study at
Cambridge is dependent on financing for
which she will be completely responsi-
ble.
The Noon Plymouth Rotary Club and
Rotary Foundation have agreed to help
fund a portion of Vorva's education at
Cambridge.
Whitney Lewis. Lewis avoided theMDOT
report findings inhis response.
“In terms of the Hines Drive bridges
and inspections, yes bridges were closed
for a scheduled detailed in-depth inspec-
tion and were deemed acceptable to be
re-opened from the findings of that
inspection with enforced weight restric-
tions,” she said.
“These bridges will be consistently
monitored by local police and our inter-
nal engineering teams to ensure safety
and weight restrictions are followed.
Future plans for the Hines bridges
including reconstruction or a rebuilding
project may be considered but is not cur-
rently being planned.”
According to the National Academy of
Engineering, a bridge is structurally defi-
cient when it is in need of rehabilitation
or replacement because at least one
major component of the span has
advanced deterioration or other prob-
lems that lead inspectors to deem its con-
ditionpoor orworse.
The bridges were built in 1932 and are
past their design life according to Wayne
County Deputy Director of Roads Mike
Gorman.
Bridges
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Vorva
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Digging in
Members of the Rotary Club of
Plymouth A.M. celebrated Earth Day last
week by planting 20 trees donated by
Kankakee Nursery, one of Christensen's
Plant Center suppliers in Plymouth. The
trees were planted on the property of
New Morning School in Plymouth. The
club members were responding to the
challenge of Rotary International
President Ian Riseley to plant one tree
for each member of the club in an effort
to improve the environment and raise
environmental awareness. Helping
improve the environment through Rotary
were: Sam Kennedy, Elaine Kennedy,
Joe White, Kate Kerr and Zach and
Carter Kennedy.
