[EQAB-list] [Fwd: Household Hazardous Waste Collection]

[Ellen Smith]

Here's some info (received today) about the upcoming household hazardous
waste event that I mentioned at last evening's EQAB meeting. (Psst --
pass it on. The state sponsors only one of these per county per year.)

-- Ellen Smith

>                            ANDERSON COUNTY
>                       HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
>                           COLLECTION EVENT 
> 
> 
> Household Hazardous Waste is anything generated in the household that
> has a hazardous property. A material is hazardous if it is flammable,
> corrosive, toxic, or reactive with heat or contact with metals.
> 
> We will accept:
> 
> HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS: DRAIN OPENERS, POLISHERS, DISINFECTANTS
> HOME IMPROVEMENT / MAINTENANCE:  OIL-BASED PAINT, ADHESIVES,
> STRIPPERS, THINNERS, REMOVERS
> HOME LAWN AND GARDEN: HERBICIDES, PESTICIDES, POISONS, FUNGICIDES,
> WOOD PRESERVATIVES 
> AUTOMOTIVE FLUIDS: OIL & FUEL ADDITIVES, STARTER FLUIDS, SOLVENTS,
> CLEANERS, REFRIGERANTS, COOLANTS, FUEL 
> MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES: RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES, PHOTO PROCESSING
> CHEMICALS, POOL CHEMICALS, MEDICINES / DRUGS, AEROSOLS / COMPRESSED
> GAS, CHEMISTRY SET CHEMICALS, COMPUTERS & RELATED EQUIPMENT 
> 
> PLEASE DO NOT BRING:
> LATEX (WATER-BASED) PAINT, ALKALINE BATTERIES, MEDICAL & INFECTIOUS
> WASTE, EXPLOSIVES / AMMUNITION, 
> RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS (including smoke detectors),
> ANY EMPTY CONTAINERS 
> AUTOMOTIVE OIL, LEAD ACID BATTERIES
> NO COMMERCIAL & AGRI-BUSINESS MATERIALS 
> 
>                                SATURDAY
>                          SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 
>                              9 am TO 2 pm
>                          CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL 
>                    425 DRAGON DR. & HILLCREST ST. 
>                                CLINTON
> 
> 
> FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL:
> ANDERSON COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT -  463-6845
> SPONSORED BY:
> ANDERSON COUNTY SOLID WASTE MGT. and the
> TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION
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