Clean Sweep numbers down in Cheney

Overall tonnage for this year’s Cheney Clean Sweep was the lowest it has been since records have been available.

Information presented by Cheney Public Works Director Todd Ableman to the City Council at its May 23 meeting indicated 10.15 tons of material was collected at the annual citywide event held April 22. It’s the lowest in seven years of data, and has been dropping each year since a high point of 21.92 tons in 2014.

Broken down, volunteers collected 2.29 tons of garbage, dramatically lower than the previous year’s total of 7.45 tons, which itself was the lowest since the 7.68 tons in 20...

 

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