SW Valley Times

• Date:11/24/2022 - 11/25/2022  (all day)
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Avondale Announces Thanksgiving Holiday Closures and Used Cooking Oil Recycling In observance of Thanksgiving City of Avondale offices, libraries and resource center will be closed on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25, 2022.  Zoom neighborhood circulator and Valley Metro bus routes on Indian School Road, McDowell Road, and Van Buren Street will run on a Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving Day, and will resume their normal schedule on Friday, Nov. 25. There will be no Express or RAPID service, or WeRide microtransit on that Thursday or Friday. For information on transit schedules, visit valleymetro.org. The Public Works Department will follow the holiday trash and recycling pick-up schedule:Monday – Wednesday: trash and bulk services will not be impacted.

There will be no solid waste services on Thursday, November 24.  Recycling services will take place one day later. Recycle bins normally serviced on Thursday will be serviced on Friday. Recycle bins normally serviced for pick-up on Friday will be serviced on Saturday.Containers must be placed curbside no later than 5 a.m. on the day of collection. For more information on holiday refuse/recycling collection, please visit avondaleaz.gov/holiday-trash-pick-up-schedule or call Public Works at (623) 333-4400. Avondale Public Works Department reminds residents to take advantage of the annual Holiday Used Cooking Oil Drive hosted this time of year. The Avondale Public Works Municipal Operations Service Center at 399 E. Lower Buckeye Road, serves as the drop-off location to leave used cooking oil, during routine business hours Mondays through Thursdays 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.  The program will run until the end of January 2023. The goal of the campaign is to reduce the number of sewer blockages and overflows caused by fats, oils, and grease disposed of down the drain into the sanitary sewer system. Mahoney Environmental uses the otherwise discarded used cooking oil to produce a clean alternative to conventional diesel fuel that may be used for fueling trucks, buses, and other vehicles, thereby reducing hazardous exhaust emissions. 

This service is not limited to just Avondale residents; all cooking oils: frying oil, meat drippings, canola oil, corn oil, lard, olive oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, and vegetable oil are accepted.  Learn more at avondaleaz.gov/CookingOilRecycling or call (623)333-4400.          

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