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DANC Sponsoring Free Household Hazardous Waste
Collection Event September 9 at Lewis County Transfer Station in Lowville
Published: September 05, 2023
at 08:00 a.m.
By: Press Release from Development Authority of the
North Country
Fall Household
Hazardous Waste Collections Coming Up
Cleaning out the
garage as the summer is winding down? The Development Authority of the
North Country, in cooperation with its regional county partners and the New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation, is sponsoring three
free household hazardous waste collection days this fall to help residents
in Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis counties properly and safely dispose
of certain hazardous materials.
The collection
days will be 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 free 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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