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DANC Announces Dates for Annual Household Hazardous
Waste Collection Days for Lewis, Jefferson, and St. Lawrence Counties
Published: May 08, 2023 at
07:30 a.m.
By: Press Release from Development Authority of the
North Country
Household
Hazardous Waste Collection Days Set
The Development
Authority of the North Country, in cooperation with its regional county
partners and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
will be sponsoring five free household hazardous waste collection days this
spring and fall to help residents in Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis
counties properly and safely dispose of certain hazardous materials.
The collection
days will be May 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Canton at the St. Lawrence
County Human Services Building; June 3 from 8 a.m. to noon in Watertown at
the Jefferson County Highway Garage; September 9 from 8 a.m. to noon in
Lowville at the Lewis County Transfer Station; September 23 from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. in Canton at the St. Lawrence County Human Services Building and; October 7 from 8 a.m. to noon in Watertown at the
Jefferson County Highway Garage.
Items such as leftover
solvents, pesticides, pool chemicals, oil-based paints, latex paints, and aerosol
cans that still have product in them will be accepted, as well as fluorescent
light tubes. Empty aerosol cans, motor oil, asbestos,
tires, construction debris and explosives will not be accepted. Electronic
waste (televisions, computers) will not be accepted, it can be recycled at
most county transfer stations.
Leftover paint,
both latex and oil-based, will be accepted and recycled. If you don’t want
to wait for a collection event, residents can now recycle their unwanted
paint year-round through a non-profit organization called Paint Care.
Through the Paint Care program, several paint retailers – although not all
– in the tri-county area will accept leftover paint for recycling. Check www.paintcare.org for details and
locations. Empty paint cans of either type should be dried out and disposed
of in the trash.
In addition,
unwanted or unused prescription and over-the-counter medications from
residential households only will be collected by
law enforcement at the Canton and Watertown events.
The collection
events are open to residential households only; waste will not be accepted
from businesses, schools, farms or municipalities.
For a complete
listing of what will and will not be accepted at the Household Hazardous
Waste Collection Days, please visit www.northcountryrecycles.org.
There you can also find tips on how to dispose of items that will not be
accepted at the events.
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About the Development Authority
The Development
Authority of the North Country is a leader in providing regional
infrastructure and technical services to municipalities that strengthen
communities in Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis
counties. As a New York State Public
Benefit Corporation chartered in 1985 and based in Watertown, NY, the
Authority works with partners to meet the region’s infrastructure needs in
water, wastewater, housing, telecommunications and
solid waste management, owning and operating water and wastewater lines,
over 2,000 miles of fiber network, and a tri-county solid waste management
facility in Rodman, NY. Visit the Authority online at www.danc.org or www.northcountryrecycles.org.
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