Historical May 1993 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Yard Waste Only dumpsters have been turning green in the past month, thanks to the efforts of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Recycling Committee, Boy Scout troops 98 and 31, the Yahoo students, and other residents of the area. Prompted by Operation Brightside and its contest on cleanup day, the groups have painted the dumpsters dark green and decorated them to illustrate the advantages of recycling yard waste rather than adding to the land fills.
On Saturday, April 24, under the supervision of Scoutmaster Dennis Mattli, Recycling Committee Chair Andy Cross, and Roy Roncal, the scouts painted all of the yard waste dumpsters on the alley south of Pershing, facing on the Forest Park Expressway, between 6100 and 5700 blocks.
They were organized by scout Bryan Gerard as an Eagle Scout project.
The dark green paint was supplied by Operation Brightside. Andy Cross created several stencil designs and painted them in rare dry periods over the next two or three weeks. Scouts participating in the project were Robert Weaver, Jon- Michael Vinson, Larry Murphy, Newt Newton, Suresh Rao, Carlos Rogers, John Frawly, and Bryan Gerard. (Apparently as a result of a final ‘good deed’ for the day, Scoutmaster Mattli’s Ford Escort is now dumpster green as well, and when last seen was sporting a “Yard Waste Only” bumper sticker.) The Yahoo art students, supervised by Bill Christman, worked in the week before Brightside day to paint the yard waste dumpsters on both sides of Kingsbury in the 6000 and 6100 blocks. Derek Moore took on the whole 6100 Pershing/Waterman alley and Andy Cross has completed the dumpsters on his block, 6000 McPherson, as well as the Pershing/Waterman block at St. Roch’s. For others who may be interested in painting their yard waste dumpsters, paint is still available from Operation Brightside.
Call Kim Koenig at the Skinker-DeBaliviere office (862-5122) for details.
The ‘yard waste vigilantes’ also plan to paint other dumpsters in the neighborhood throughout the summer, so keep an eye out for them.
Original photograph caption
Artist Andy Cross (center), Roy Roncal (partly hidden), and Scouts Larry Murphy, Carlos Rogers and Robert Weaver. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, May 1993.
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