THE
MIAMI HERALD
COMPANY GIVING CASHFOR BEACH TRASH CANS
Thursday, July 14, 1994
Section: NEIGHBORS BSE
Edition: BRWRD
Page: 5SE
Herald Staff
Memo: BRIEFLY
A North Miami Beach company will donate money to buy 30 new
trash cans for the Hollywood beach, a temporary solution for
broken and rusted receptacles that the city can't afford to
replace.
En Viro Systems America promised in July 1993 to install more
than 100 new cans on the beach, in return for the right to
sell advertising on them. That meant Public Works Director
Greg Turek didn't budget any money for cans this year.
But En Viro's project has been delayed. It won't begin until
the fall. Hollywood can't have beachgoers tourists dump their
soda cans, ice cream sticks or suntan lotion bottles on the
sand, so En Viro promised last week to donate $2,400 for replacements.
The advertising cans should start popping up in the next few
months, said En Viro president Eric Nadel. It may take up
to a year to install all 150 of the cans.
Hollywood residents clean up and socialize.
Hollywood residents can clean out their garages, junk rooms
and back yards and get rid of all the household debris, free
of charge, on Aug. 6.
The city will sponsor a free junk drop-off at the Driftwood
Recreation Center, 3000 N. 69th Ave., from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m..
City residents can leave debris such as wood, toilets, sinks,
aluminum siding, mattresses, couches and air conditioners.
On the prohibited list: paints, batteries, tires and other
hazardous materials.
Driftwood activists and city employees are donating hot dogs
and soda.
The clean-up is an opportunity for Driftwood because the city
has begun to pay attention to the neighborhood on the city's
northwest edge, said organizer Linda Sherwood. "We want to
make the neighborhood a place we can have integrity in and
be proud of," Sherwood said. "I've lived here 24 years, and
this is the first time I see the city reaching out to us."
The organizers need volunteers to lift junk out of cars and
others to serve food. To volunteer, call Sherwood at 966-4482 or -888-61BENCHADS.
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