The Washington County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 27, from 8 a.m. until noon at the Greenville City Shop on 502 Mill Rd. This free event is sponsored by the Washington County Board of Supervisors and will be held rain or shine.
The event is funded in part by a Solid Waste Assistance Grant from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, which supervisors applied for and were awarded.
Washington County residents may bring household hazardous waste they have at their homes to the event. The household hazardous waste will be disposed of properly by a licensed and certified environmental and remediation company.
Household hazardous wastes are any unused or leftover portions of household products containing toxic chemicals. Any product, which is labeled CAUTION, POISONIOUS, TOXIC, FLAMABLE, or CORROSIVE, is considered a Household Hazardous Waste, and includes aerosols, all purpose cleaners, ammonia, anti freeze, automobile cleaners, batteries, brake fluid, charcoal, lighter fluid, chlorine bleach, detergents, disinfectants, drain opener, furniture polish, gasolin,e glass cleaner, herbicides, insecticides, mothballs, motor oil, oven cleaner, paint, paint thinner, pesticides, pool chemicals, rodent poisons, rubber cement, rug & upholstery cleaner, scouring powder, silver polish, snail and slug killers, toilet bowl cleaner, transmission fluid, tub & tile cleaner, turpentine, varnish, water seal and wood finish.
Residents are asked not to bring explosive or radioactive materials, PCB’s, medical waste, syringes, and waste from any business or compressed cylinders.
It is important that residents leave the waste in the original container and make sure that the container is sealed so it will not leak, and to transport containers in the trunk of the car or in the back of the vehicle, away from passengers.
Residents are asked to enter the City Shop location (off Highway 82) where they see the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Tent/Signs and remain in their vehicles.
Please do not bring tires to this event. Waste tires can be dropped off at the Waste Tire Collection Site at the Washington County Road Department Shop on Raceway Road in Greenville from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m., Monday through Friday.
For more information call Shelly Johnstone at 662-419-0161.
