Lubbock County residents can say goodbye to those old mattresses, junk couches and piles of hail-snapped tree limbs during a free clean-up day set for Saturday.

Twelve 40-yard roll-off trash bins will be available for dumping on a first-come, first-serve basis from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at 16500 County Road 2130, according to the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office.

Residents are urged to come early with almost anything from yard waste to old water heaters and furniture.

But the collection site will not accept tires, shingles, paint, batteries or other hazardous materials. Businesses may not dump off waste during the event.

Freezers and refrigerators must have a red tag from a certified plumber stating refrigerant has been removed, according to the sheriff’s office.

The event ends when the trash containers are full.

Lubbock County road and bridge employees and an environmental deputy will be available to answer questions.

Residents are asked to check with homebound and elderly neighbors to see if they need help cleaning up.

The free clean-up day is a semi-annual event organized by the sheriff’s office.

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Let’s see, $65.00 if you are

Submitted by hdbg62 on May 14, 2012 - 8:20pm.

Let’s see, $65.00 if you are lucky, just for a plumber to show up at your house and another $25.00 or $35.00 to remove refrigerant and the tag. Thanks, but no thanks, Lubbock County.

I usually leave

Submitted by jeffross on May 14, 2012 - 9:48pm.

my non-functioning appliances, lawn mowers and such out by the road, with a sign saying "you haul it, you got it". I had a refrigerator that blew a fan, and I wanted to replace the fridge anyway, so I put a note on it that said they could have it for $20, and leave the 20 in the door. The fridge was gone, and the $20 was left in the door.

As far as furniture is concerned, it looks kind of like road kill out in the bar ditches around the county.

Decomposing carcasses of couches and chairs, and plants and fences festooned with plastic bags. Oh, the panorama that is Lubbock County.

Some counties have transfer stations for distant residents to use, instead of forcing them to go to a single site, except for once a year.

Oh well, the furniture will rot, mostly, the tossed appliances will rust, mostly, and the plastics will be here long after we're gone,