Bellevue Cleans Up

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It's time to de-clutter in Bellevue where the city is bracing to take in more than a half-million pounds of trash during its annual fall cleanup on Saturday.

Whether it's broken bikes, car parts, old carpets, electronics or furniture, Bellevue residents have a chance to dump it all for free. The city's two street department locations at East 29th Avenue and Hancock Street and Cedar Island Road and Childs Road West will be open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. for folks to drop off all their unwanted items. Trees and brush will be accepted at the old landfill at Cedar Island and Rose Lane roads.

This year for the first time, two thrift stores will also be on site to take any recoverable items to sell in their stores. In past years everything that was dropped off was trashed.

Since it's the city trash fee that helps pay for this event you must prove you're a Bellevue resident to take advantage of this service. Show your driver's license or MUD bill.

We always seem to give spring the spotlight when it comes to cleaning, but if we're going to be spending so much time indoors in the coming months we might as well make it nice and comfortable. Here are the top six things to put on your fall cleanup list:

-Open the windows -Clean the kitchen -Clean the floors -De-clutter -Organize clothes -Rotate toys

Groups like Habitat For Humanity's ReStore are always turning what might be trash to us into life-altering new beginnings for others. So before getting too gung ho on de-cluttering, you might want see if that old stuff would be a good fit for these stores. Ninety-five percent of the inventory inside Omaha's two ReStores is donated.

This time of year, kitchen and bathroom remodels are common as are cabinets, sinks and appliances that would provide a solid boost for Habitat's mission.

The funds that we're able to generate for the stores really do a wonderful thing, they help us build more houses, they help us build more community, says Habitats Omaha director David Klitz. This year between the two stores we'll generate enough revenue to build about four brand new houses."

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