{"id":275218,"date":"2026-05-01T23:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/275218\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T23:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:01:17","slug":"corpus-christi-litter-critter-event-scheduled-for-veterans-memorial-high-school-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/275218\/","title":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi Litter Critter Event Scheduled for Veterans Memorial High School (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, TX \u2014 The City\u2019s next Litter Critter community cleanup event will be held on Saturday, May 9, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Veterans Memorial High School, 3750 Cimarron Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>The Litter Critter initiative provides residents with a convenient way to dispose of unwanted items outside of scheduled pickup dates.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers are excited to announce that cardboard recycling will be offered again at this Litter Critter event. Please bring clean, empty, flattened cardboard boxes, free of any Styrofoam or packing materials.<\/p>\n<p>Residents should prepare to offload their items; commercial hauling is not permitted.<\/p>\n<p>Items accepted include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Heavy brush<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bulky items<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Household trash<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Up to 4 standard tires<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Metal items and household appliances<\/p>\n<p>Items NOT accepted include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hazardous waste<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asbestos, antifreeze, brake and transmission fluid, batteries, cleaning solvents<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Concrete<\/p>\n<p>Please take these items directly to:<\/p>\n<p>J.C. Elliott Transfer Station <br \/>7001 Ayers Street<br \/>Corpus Christi, Texas 78415 <br \/>Open Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, residents should refer to the City\u2019s Solid Waste Department website at<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corpuschristitx.gov\/department-directory\/solid-waste-services\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.corpuschristitx.gov\/department-directory\/solid-waste-services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Date<\/p>\n<p>Location<br \/>\nAddress<\/p>\n<p>May 9, 2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Veterans Memorial <br \/>High School<\/p>\n<p>3750 Cimarron Boulevard<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">June 13, 2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">W. B. Ray High School<\/p>\n<p>1002 Texan Trail<\/p>\n<p>July 11, 2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Padre Island Area (1A)<\/p>\n<p>To Be Determined<\/p>\n<p>August 8, 2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Flour Bluff High School<\/p>\n<p>2505 Waldron Road<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">September 12, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Calallen (10C)<br \/>\nTo Be Determined<\/p>\n<p>October 10, 2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">West Oso Area<br \/>Next to Our Lady of Pilar<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">1100 Block <br \/>Bloomington Street<\/p>\n<p>November 14, 2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Veterans Memorial <br \/>High School<\/p>\n<p>3750 Cimarron Boulevard<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">December 12, 2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">W. B. Ray High School<\/p>\n<p>1002 Texan Trail<\/p>\n<p>Media representatives requesting additional information may contact Cassandra Hinojosa, Public Information Officer, at 361-826-2944 or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.corpuschristitx.gov\/news\/posts\/corpus-christi-litter-critter-event-scheduled-for-veterans-memorial-high-school-1\/mailto:CassandraH3@CorpusChristiTX.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CassandraH3@CorpusChristiTX.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, TX \u2014 The City\u2019s next Litter Critter community cleanup event will be held on Saturday, May&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-275218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}