New hours for Bloomington’s Citizen Convenience Center

Posted on January 21, 2020

*The facility is located at 402 S. East Street, south of the Bloomington Public Library. (Photo cityblm.org)*

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – The Citizen Convenience Center in Bloomington has some new hours.

Beginning this week, the center will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. It will be open on Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. It will be closed on Sunday and Monday.

The center, which is located at 402 S. East Street, south of the Bloomington Public Library, allows people who participate in the solid waste program to bring their items to a central location for processing, rather than waiting for collection. The service is provided at no additional charge to program participants.

More information about the Citizen Convenience Center can be found here.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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