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What can you bring to the
household hazardous waste collection?
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[SEPT.
19, 2003]
The Logan County Local
Emergency Planning Committee and Logan County Health Department, in
conjunction with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, are
sponsoring a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day. The
collection is for household waste only. Agriculture, business, city,
county or industrial wastes will not be accepted.
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This one-day event will take place on
Saturday, Oct. 4, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Logan County
Fairgrounds. Please enter the fairgrounds from the south entrance on
Short 11th St. only.
Acceptable wastes
- Oil-base paints
- Paint thinners
- Herbicides
- Insecticides
- Pesticides
- Old gasoline
- Pool chemicals
- Cleaning products
- Mercury
- Household batteries
- Used motor oil
- Drain cleaners
- Lawn chemicals
- Solvents
- Antifreeze
- Hobby chemicals
- Aerosol paints and pesticides
- Fluorescent lamp bulbs
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Unacceptable wastes
- Agricultural wastes
- Business and commercial sector
wastes
- Explosives
- Fireworks
- Lead acid batteries
- Medical wastes
- Propane tanks
- Smoke detectors
- Farm machinery oil
- Fire extinguishers
- Institutional wastes
- Latex paint*
This free event will take place rain or
shine.
*Please contact your
local health department
to find ways to dispose of latex paint.
If you have
any questions, please contact Terry Storer at 732-9491 or Kathy
Waldo at 735-2317.
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