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Nevada County residents can recycle many toxic household materials from their kitchens, bathrooms, and garages at the new HHW (Household Hazardous Waste) Facility now open at the McCourtney Road Transfer Station.
Recycling of residential hazardous waste is free at the facility (there may be a fee for business recycling), and there are several important things to remember so the trip will be faster, easier, and safer:
• limit your load to 15 gallons or 125 pounds
• whenever possible, take materials in the original, labeled containers
• containers must be sealed (spill-proof and leak-proof)
• never mix chemicals together
• bag or box items in the trunk or the pickup bed (not the passenger area).
"Keep your home and family safe," said Daria Kent, Nevada County Recycling Technician. "It's easy to find inexpensive, nontoxic alternatives to products that are dangerous"
"If there is any question about what exactly constitutes household hazardous waste, use this as a guide: If a product label says 'danger,' 'caution,' 'warning,' or 'poison,' it is household hazardous waste."
Accepted materials at the New HHW Facility include: contaminated motor oil, contaminated gasoline, brake fluid, solvents, automotive chemicals, insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, poisons, cleaners: rug, oven, tub/tile/toilet, all-purpose drain openers, silver polish, chlorine bleach, ammonia, and disinfectants; pool chemicals, rubber cement, furniture polish and many more household chemicals.
Unaccepted materials include: explosives/ammunition, asbestos, radioactive materials, gas cylinders, biohazards (syringes in rigid plastic containers are accepted).
Operating hours are 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday and 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Tuesday is dedicated to businesses. For more information, call 272-3012.
To receive a copy of the Nevada County Recycles guide to nontoxic alternatives, call the Recycling Hotline 265-1768. For more information about household hazardous waste recycling, visit www.NevadaCountyRecycles.com.
Recycling of residential hazardous waste is free at the facility (there may be a fee for business recycling), and there are several important things to remember so the trip will be faster, easier, and safer:
• limit your load to 15 gallons or 125 pounds
• whenever possible, take materials in the original, labeled containers
• containers must be sealed (spill-proof and leak-proof)
• never mix chemicals together
• bag or box items in the trunk or the pickup bed (not the passenger area).
"Keep your home and family safe," said Daria Kent, Nevada County Recycling Technician. "It's easy to find inexpensive, nontoxic alternatives to products that are dangerous"
"If there is any question about what exactly constitutes household hazardous waste, use this as a guide: If a product label says 'danger,' 'caution,' 'warning,' or 'poison,' it is household hazardous waste."
Accepted materials at the New HHW Facility include: contaminated motor oil, contaminated gasoline, brake fluid, solvents, automotive chemicals, insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, poisons, cleaners: rug, oven, tub/tile/toilet, all-purpose drain openers, silver polish, chlorine bleach, ammonia, and disinfectants; pool chemicals, rubber cement, furniture polish and many more household chemicals.
Unaccepted materials include: explosives/ammunition, asbestos, radioactive materials, gas cylinders, biohazards (syringes in rigid plastic containers are accepted).
Operating hours are 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday and 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Tuesday is dedicated to businesses. For more information, call 272-3012.
To receive a copy of the Nevada County Recycles guide to nontoxic alternatives, call the Recycling Hotline 265-1768. For more information about household hazardous waste recycling, visit www.NevadaCountyRecycles.com.
