Live Green Lexington

01/15/2023

⚠️ Reminder: carts will not be serviced on Monday, Jan. 16. Residents who normally receive curbside pickups on Mondays will be serviced on Wednesday, Jan. 18. bit.ly/3w0ZJCc

01/13/2023

Are you a teacher in Fayette Co.? If a week-long workshop about environmental challenges in Lexington is something that interests you, we want to hear from you! We're planning the 2023 Teachers' Environmental Academy & would love your input! ➡️ bit.ly/3GXDbc3

01/12/2023

What is your business doing to go greener? Would you like help meeting your sustainability goals? Then Green Check might be for you! Green Check is a free sustainability certification program for businesses based in Lexington. 💚 The application deadline is January 31. Learn more: LexingtonKY.gov/GreenCheck

01/11/2023

MLK holiday waste collection schedule

📆 Lexington’s Division of Waste Management will adjust its collection schedule for the upcoming Martin Luther King holiday. Carts will not be serviced on Monday, Jan. 16. Residents who normally receive curbside pickups on Mondays will be serviced on Wednesday, Jan. 18.

Carts normally serviced on Mondays will be collected Wednesday, January 18.

01/10/2023

Have you heard? The next Free Trash Disposal Day is this Saturday, January 14! Fayette County residents may dispose of up to one pickup truck load of household waste, Saturday, January 14, 6 a. m. – 1 p.m. at 1505 Old Frankfort Pike. Get more details at LexingtonKY.gov/TrashDay.

01/08/2023

It's time to take down those holiday lights! If you have some that didn't survive the season, we can help, with 12 convenient locations to drop off unwanted or broken holiday lights to be recycled, through January 15. We've collected nearly 1,400 pounds so far! Find a location near you ➡️ LexingtonKY.gov/Lights.

01/06/2023

🚧 Inbound Rose Street between Vine Street and High Street will be closed Monday, January 9, starting at 3 a.m. Traffic will be directed onto High St. toward Limestone.

Motorists on Vine will be able to continue through the intersection, turn right onto Rose (toward UK) or turn left toward Main Street. Traffic will be slower moving through this intersection, however. The right two lanes of Vine at Rose will also be closed.

Work is expected to be completed by 3 p.m. The closure is necessary to repair a recent storm sewer collapse resulting from a water line break.

01/06/2023

Recycling Natural Christmas Trees

Here's another environmentally-friendly way to dispose of your natural Christmas tree! From now until Sunday, Jan. 15, you can drop off your natural Christmas tree at Jacobson Park’s paddleboat dock parking lot between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. Be sure to remove all decorations. The trees will be submerged in public waters, making great refuge and feeding habitats for game fishes.

01/05/2023

📣 Come work with us! The Workforce Development Specialist will work closely with the Environmental Education Coordinator and Community Outreach Coordinator to facilitate civic engagement opportunities for youth and to build and coordinate a K-12 shadowship, apprenticeship, and internship program. Deadline to apply: January 23.

We're Hiring! Workforce Development Specialist Position in Lexington. Click link below for full job description & details!

KAEE is seeking an enthusiastic individual with a passion for our mission to work with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) Department of Environmental Quality & Public Works (EQPW) on their K-12 environmental education program.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z_NbjF5s7GhtBdLehkOOTjgstL_vA-DIATZNww_Fos4/edit?usp=sharing

01/03/2023

Green Check program now accepting applications

The deadline for Green Check is rapidly approaching! Green Check is a free sustainability certification program for businesses based in Lexington-Fayette Co. Over 50 businesses and organizations are currently enrolled in the program. 💚 The application deadline is January 31. LexingtonKY.gov/GreenCheck

Program recognizes businesses, organizations for their green initiatives.

01/02/2023

🎄 Natural Christmas tree collection starts this week and will continue through January 27. Your natural tree can be placed on the curb on your collection day. Remember to remove lights, ornaments, tinsel, garland and other decorations first.

12/30/2022

⚠️ Reminder: there is no waste service on Monday, January 2. If you normally have Monday service, your makeup day is Wednesday., January 4. bit.ly/3hQIxMj

12/24/2022

⚠️ Reminder: there is no waste service on Monday, December 26. If you normally have Monday service, your makeup day is Wednesday., December 28. bit.ly/3hQIxMj

12/21/2022

Gingerbread Leaf Cookies

Deck the dessert table this holiday season with gingerbread leaf cookies! Download the leaf templates here: bit.ly/3v0pwdg.

12/20/2022

Clays Mill Road open to traffic

🚧 Clays Mill Road is now fully open to traffic. Southbend Drive will now be permanently one-way from Lone Oak Drive to Clays Mill. Additionally, there is now a left-turn-only lane onto Reed Lane for motorists traveling on Clays Mill Road from downtown to help with traffic flow.

The Clays Mill Road Project, a 3.7-mile-long road and sidewalk improvement project, is complete with the exception of the final cleanup and to-do list items that will be finished in the Spring of 2023.

12/20/2022

Holiday waste collection schedule

📆 Reminder: carts will not be serviced on Friday, December 23. If you normally have Friday service, your makeup day is Wednesday, Dec. 21.

Collection schedule for Christmas and New Year’s holidays will be adjusted.

12/19/2022

Deck the halls with these easy DIY upcycled ornaments! Opt for paper mache or paper mache clay versions to make your decorations unbe-LEAF-able. bit.ly/3HOg84m

12/16/2022

🍂 This Saturday, Dec. 17, is the last Saturday that Haley Pike will be open 8 AM - noon to accept yard waste. Yard waste taken to Haley Pike does not need to be bagged. Loads in open bed trucks should be tarped. If you do bag material, use paper yard waste bags.

12/15/2022

📆 The waste collection schedule will be adjusted for the upcoming holidays. Carts will not be serviced on Friday, Dec. 23, Monday, Dec. 26, or Monday, Jan. 2. Residents who normally receive pickups on Fridays will be serviced on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Residents who normally receive pickups on Mondays will be serviced on Wednesday, Dec. 28 and Wednesday, Jan. 4. ➡️
LexingtonKY.gov/LiveGreen

12/13/2022

Holiday Recycling Tips

Be merry & recycle right this holiday season! ♻️ 🎄 Recycle shipping and gift boxes, wrapping paper tubes and drink boxes, cans, bottles and jugs. Throw away wrapping and tissue paper, Styrofoam, plastic packing material and single-use plates, cups and utensils. LexingtonKY.gov/HolidayWaste

12/09/2022

One week remaining for LEXPARK’s "Food for Fines" holiday food drive

For the next week, you can pay off those parking fines by donating food! All canned food donations received by LEXPARK will be donated to God's Pantry Food Bank.

Bring in 10 cans of food to receive $15 off any LEXPARK or Lexington Police-issued on-street parking citation.

12/09/2022

Holiday lights not shining so bright? If your lights are no longer working, we are making it easy to recycle them with our holiday lights recycling collection! Lights should never go in your curbside recycling cart. Instead, take advantage of our 12 convenient drop-off locations around Lexington, through January 15, 2023. List of locations ➡️ LexingtonKY.gov/Lights.

12/08/2022

It's so refreshing to see that Wrap Me Day Spa is a bronze Green Check business! They have been part of the Green Check program since 2017, and were upgraded to bronze in 2020. Some of their green efforts include completing an energy audit, participating in a composting program and sharing sustainability tips in their newsletter. 💚 Green Check is Lexington's sustainable business program. Want to be part of Green Check? Applications are open through Dec. 31: LexingtonKY.gov/GreenCheck

12/05/2022

Thank you to everyone who dropped off a yard sign to be repurposed! We collected 600 yard signs to be repurposed as craft projects. Thanks for helping keep these out of the landfill!

12/01/2022

Resolving to make your business greener? We can help with that! Apply to the Green Check program by Saturday, December 31. 💚 Green Check is Lexington's sustainable business program. LexingtonKY.gov/GreenCheck

11/29/2022

WOW! Thanks to everyone who participated in Gobble Grease Toss, we recycled 500 gallons of cooking oil, with the help of University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research, Redwood Cooperative School & Kelley Green Biofuel.

11/25/2022

Gobble gobble! Bring your cooking oil to be recycled by 2pm today (11/25) at Redwood Cooperative School, 166 Crestwood Dr. It’s a great way to go green on Black Friday - with University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research

11/23/2022

Don’t throw out your broken string lights this season. Recycle them through the city’s special collection drive! Get details on where to recycle your lights: bit.ly/3ERVUnh.

11/22/2022

🦃 Don't just plan your Thanksgiving menu - plan what you will do with food scraps, and fats, oils and grease! Don’t rely on your garbage disposal. Ground-up food can stick to your sewer pipes. Pour used cooking oil and grease into a container, allow it to cool, and throw it in the trash, or bring it to the Gobble Grease Toss on Friday!

11/18/2022

📆 Lexington will adjust its waste collection schedule for Thanksgiving.
🦃 No waste service will occur Thursday, Nov. 24, or Friday, Nov. 25. Those who normally receive pickup on Thursdays or Fridays will be serviced on Wednesday, Nov. 23.
🦃 For all who receive city service, yard waste carts will not be collected Thanksgiving week. Recycle and trash carts, along with yard waste bags and bundles, will be picked up.
🦃 Crews collecting yard waste bags and bundles may not be able to complete service for both the Thursday & Friday routes on Wednesday. If they do not collect your bags & bundles on Wednesday, please leave them out. The remaining yard waste bags will be picked up on Monday, Nov. 28.
🦃 More details: bit.ly/3EosvR0.

11/18/2022

Recycle your cooking oil at the Gobble Grease Toss

🦃🦃 Gobble, gobble! If you're frying your turkey, just one week until you have the chance to recycle your cooking oil at the 13th annual Gobble Grease Toss!

Cooking oil that is collected will be used for biofuel research.

11/16/2022

🍂Have you picked up your free leaf chute yet? Leaf chutes slide inside yard waste bags to make them easier to fill. Available on a first-come, first-served basis; limit one per household. View the list of pick-up locations: LexingtonKY.gov/Chutes.

11/15/2022

We're hiring! Seeking seasonal workers to assist with mowing, tree pruning, plantings, sidewalk snow management & removal & more. Looking for individuals who are comfortable learning how to operate equipment or have experience with zero-turn mowers, hand tools, chainsaws, w**d eaters/string trimmers, bobcat, pick-up trucks, and other similar pieces of equipment. Email [email protected] to apply.

11/14/2022

Wanted: your recycling questions! Ask us anything you've always wanted to know about how recycling works, what we accept in Lexington and all your other burning questions.

11/10/2022

Can we get a standing ovation for Lexington Children's Theatre? They have been a silver level Green Check business since 2022. Their green efforts include upgrading all exit signs to LED, establishing a policy for purchasing environmentally-friendly cleaning products, and hosting a storm drain stenciling project. 💚 Green Check is Lexington's sustainable business program. LexingtonKY.gov/GreenCheck

11/09/2022

Taking down yard signs? Don’t trash them – repurpose them! Yard signs and stakes harm equipment at the Recycle Center. We're collecting unwanted yard signs and stakes for reuse through Tuesday, Nov. 22. Some 1,700 signs were collected in 2020. List of drop-off locations: LexingtonKY.gov/LiveGreen.

11/07/2022

🍂 Now available: leaf chutes! Leaf chutes slide inside yard waste bags to make them easier to fill. The City has these available for residents to pick up from several locations. Chutes are free for residents and are available on a first come, first served basis. Each household is limited to ONE chute. For a list of locations, visit LexingtonKY.gov/Chutes

11/07/2022

Veterans Day holiday collection schedule

📆 No collections will be made on Friday, November 11, due to Veterans Day.. Residents and businesses that normally receive curbside pickup on Fridays will be serviced on Wednesday, November 9.

Those who normally receive curbside pickup on Fridays will be serviced on Wednesday, November 9.

11/06/2022

😍🏙🎉It’s game launch day!!!!! Join us in the Barrel Room between 2 & 5 to check out The Living City.

What’s The Living City you ask? It’s a gamified version of the work done by Environmental Quality and Public Works created by CivicLex Artist in Residence, Tony Gilmore, and friends.

11/05/2022

Do you have what it takes to keep the city of Lexington running? That's the challenge behind a new locally-created board game

This Sunday, board game enthusiasts have a chance to tackle a new kind of challenge — a game based on the inner workings of the city of Lexington.