Community Cleanup Day
The City of Casselberry is partnering with Waste Pro for the City’s quarterly Community Cleanup Day. Please bring all of your construction & demolition material (i.e. steel, glass, brick, concrete, asphalt, roofing material, pipe, wallboard, lumber and large tree stumps) to the specially designated dumpsters located at the Casselberry Recreation Center (Senior Center) on Saturday, July 18, 2009 from 8 am – 12 pm. Regular household garbage will not be accepted and should be placed curbside for regularly scheduled collection.

Hazardous Waste (i.e. anti-freeze, poisons, automobile batteries, pool chemicals, computer monitors, propane tanks, fluorescent light tubes, rechargeable batteries, gasoline and cans (Up to 5 gallons), solvents, glues, televisions, insecticides, thermostats, lawn chemicals, thermometers (Mercury), paints, etc.) will not be collected. Please discard all hazardous wastes at the Central Florida Central Transfer Station, 1950 SR 419, Longwood, FL 32750.

For more event details, please contact the Public Works Department at 407-262-7700, ext. 1225.

Tire Amnesty Day
Seminole County will also be hosting its quarterly Tire Amnesty Day at the Central Transfer Station on January 16th. Tire Amnesty Days are offered to residents of Seminole County for FREE disposal of up to 10 tires. For further details, Please contact Seminole County at 407-665-2260.

SHRED-A-THON

On Saturday, January 16, 2010, the City of Casselberry & Casselberry’s Seniors for a Better Community will hold its first Shred-A-Thon at the Casselberry Recreation Center. The event will be from 8:00 am until Noon at the Recreation Center located at 200 N. Triplet Lake Drive.

The Shred-A-Thon helps to bring awareness of identity theft and to offer citizens and small businesses of Casselberry and surrounding areas an opportunity to safely dispose of personal and business documents. These items could provide thieves with the information needed to steal an individual’s identity or commit credit card fraud.

Sponsors are needed to help offset the cost of this service, production of posters and other promotional material to publicize the event and raise public awareness. All proceeds raised will benefit the Seniors for a Better Community, which is a non-profit organization that raises money for other seniors in the community.

Holiday Garbage Pick-Up Information
In observance of New Year’s Day, there will be no garbage and/or recycling collection. Instead, please place all garbage out on the next regularly scheduled collection day. Christmas Trees can be disposed of beginning on Wednesday, December 30, 2009, along with other yard waste. Waste Pro will collect live Christmas trees as is, no need to cut, bundle, or tie! Artificial trees will need to be disposed of with regular garbage (please break down). For more details, please contact the Public Works Department at (407) 262-7725. Have a safe and happy holiday!

City Awarded Two Tree Grants
In 2008 and 2009, the City of Casselberry was the recipient of two Urban and Community Forestry Program (UC & F) grants from the U.S. Department of Forestry. The grant program, administered through the State of Florida Division of Forestry in Tallahassee, provided funding in the amount of $5000 for the purchase, installation and tree care of 38 Florida native trees in two community parks; Lake Concord and Secret Lake Park. Bald Cypress trees were selected to replant and restore the shoreline areas in the parks because of their preference for a wet environment. Live Oak and Magnolia trees were selected for the upland areas because of their longevity and the additional noise and visual buffer they will provide for the adjacent residential communities. All of the trees selected for the planting project have a high to medium rating for wind resistance.

The second grant in the amount of $12,500 will provide funding for the City to conduct a tree inventory in the City’s parks, right of ways and public spaces. The inventory will locate and identify the different species types and general conditions. The inventory data will assist the City in future on-going tree management and maintenance programs that include watering, pruning, removing and replacing trees.