Seward Clean-Up Day 2013

Scott Willett has headed up the Seward Clean Up Day for the past few years. He has been assisted by his wife and they are shown here as they checked in "customers". People brought old appliances, televisions, computers, printers, lawn mowers, grills, bikes, scrapped metal, etc. A $10.00 fee was charged for refrigerators, freezers, computer monitors, televisions and air conditioners. Scott is retired from the Natural Resources Conservation  Service where he coordinated activities over a several County area. He has been instrumental in working with the Fehlhafer's from Utica in bringing in their Crusher that has simplified the recycling process.

The Crusher has an "arm" that reaches out to unload heavy items from a truck, puts them in the crusher that compacts them  and then loads them in the big truck. This annual clean up day was begun about 15 years ago. At that time football players from Concordia were recruited to lift heavy items off the trucks. The City used a front end Loader to put them in "roll offs". There wasn't nearly as much recycled in those days as there is now. It has become a very efficient process and much of the "Thanks" goes to Scott.