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Washington Twp. Fire Dept.
Friday, August 17th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
West Portsmouth, OH

1st Trailer – 565 tires – 39 cars participated

Lowe’s
Friday, August 24th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wheelersburg, OH

1st Trailer – 775 tires
2nd Trailer – 277 tires
Total: 1,052 tires – 82 cars participated

Saturday, March 30^th at Spartan Stadium in Portsmouth, and the results were:

2 trailers               1,162 tires collected                        121 vehicles

Saturday, April 6^th at Ironton Hills Plaza, and the results were:

3 trailers               1,757 tires collected                        208 vehicles

The Lawrence-Scioto County Solid Waste District wishes to announce the schedule for the Tire Amnesty Program.  This program is free to Lawrence and Scioto County residents.  It allows the residents of Lawrence and Scioto County to properly dispose of passenger and light truck tires at no cost. 

The District requests the following:

• You must provide proof of residency in Lawrence or Scioto County, Ohio. Ohio driver license required.
• Limit of 10 tires per person will be accepted.
• Tires must be off the rim.
• Sorry, no businesses are permitted.

 

Listed below is the scheduled date and time for the collection –

 

Date & Time                                            Location

 

Friday, August 17, 2018            New Fire Station – Washington Twp.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.                       520 Calvert’s Lane – West Portsmouth

 

Friday, August 24, 2018            Lowe’s of Wheelersburg

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.                       7915 Ohio River Road – Wheelersburg

 

Friday, Sept. 14, 2018               Burlington-Fayette Fire Dept.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.                       7681 County Road 1 – Burlington

 

Friday, Sept. 21, 2018               Lawrence County Fairgrounds

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.                       Entrance off County Road 411 – Proctorville

 

Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018           LEDC Property (Former Dow Chemical)

9 a.m. to 1 p.m.                        925 County Road 1-A – Hanging Rock

 

 

The District requests that you remain in your vehicle in order for us to unload the tires in a timely manner.   Again, our enforcement officer will be present to verify your residency.  You may contact the District office at (740) 532-1231 if you have questions concerning the Tire Amnesty Program.

 

This program is provided to you by the Lawrence-Scioto County Solid Waste District & the Ohio EPA.

Event drew about 50 volunteers in Lawrence County

The Ohio River Sweep took place this past Saturday, and volunteers helped clean up the riverbanks throughout Lawrence County. “We had about 50 volunteers between the four locations,” Stephanie Helms, of the Lawrence-Scioto Solid Waste Management District and organizer of the event, said. “And we collected about… <Read More>

The River Sweep was Saturday, June 16th. The Portsmouth Event was held on Friday with Upward Bound Students from Shawnee State University. We had 4 locations on Saturday in Lawrence County, and the results are in!

Site	Volunteers	Bags of Trash
Court Street Landing	46	52
Ironton Boat Ramp	15	15
Ironton Boat Ramp	15	15
South Point Ramp	3	5
Coal Grove	18	22
Chesapeake Ramp	12	14
TOTALS	109	123

Friends of Scioto Brush Creek is a great group of people in Scioto County that clean Scioto Brush Creek, and also do much more. They had their cleanup this past weekend of Scioto Brush Creek with 36 people participating. They had 16 canoes on the creek retrieving tires and trash that accumulated in the creek. Also, they cleaned 3 to 4 miles of this waterway. Amazing!

Our 8th annual Earth Day Event was held at the Open Door School in Ironton. The students planted flowers donated by South Point Lowe’s.

Director: Stephanie Helms
Special thanks to Lowes and the Open Door School in Ironton.