By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

There aren’t many things you can’t get rid of during the annual Hays Alley Cleanup, according to Solid Waste Supervisor Marvin Honas.

No household hazardous waste — you can discard that for free at the Ellis County landfill. No medical waste will be picked up, nor tires or batteries.

“We don’t have a limit to the amount of unwanted stuff you can put out, but there is a time limit at each collection location,” cautioned Honas.

“We try not to spend more than 20 minutes at any one residence. If we see a pile set out that looks like it may take longer than that, we’ll talk to the customer and let them know it might not all get picked up:”

“If you have too many of those 20 minute stops, you don’t get very many collections made in a day,” Honas explained.

He said the free annual cleanup averages 800,000 pounds of junk each year.

The alley cleanup starts Monday with curbside collections.