Just in Time for the Windy Season

Because City of El Paso General Services retrofitted trash bins on Scenic Drive . . .

. . . there will be less trash to clean-up on Scenic Drive. (Picture of Rep. Susie Byrd participating in a recent Scenic Drive clean-up.)

Thanks to the City of El Paso General Services trash along Scenic Drive is already decreasing.

There has already been plenty of evidence that El Paso is entering its windy Spring months. One of the terrible consequences of El Paso's high winds is the amount of trash blown out of the trash bins along Scenic Drive - until now.

Previously the bins had no lids; the plastic liners were not secured and plastic bags full of loose trash were at the mercy of winds that would push from below the bins. No longer. The General Services Director of El Paso went to work recently and had his crews retrofit the bins.

"We've secured the can lids on Scenic Drive," Director Stuart Ed reported. "There is an internal latch on the side of the cans and an external latch on the opposite side. We've also added internal plastic liners to prevent the wind from blowing the garbage up and then out."

Now that General Services manages "problems" such as this one in our City Parks, improvements - not excuses - are being made.

For making our environment much better: Thank you, Mr. Ed! (The "E" is long actually as in "he".)

Internal plastic liners and secure lids keep the trash in especially during high winds.