CET slates HHW collections
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. - On July 11, the South Berkshire Household Hazardous Waste Collaborative will hold a comprehensive hazardous waste collection for the 15 towns that comprise the Collaborative. The collection will run from 9 a.m. to noon at the Stockbridge Recycling Center, 1 West Stockbridge Road.Only residents of these 15 towns are eligible to participate. The towns include Alford, Becket, Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Richmond, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham and West Stockbridge. Registration is required.
From the workbench and garage, acceptable materials include: oil-based paints, stains and varnishes, wood preservatives, paint strippers/thinners, solvent adhesives, lighter fluid, acid, fuels/gasoline/kerosene, antifreeze, degreasers, driveway sealer, brake fluid/carburetor cleaner, transmission fluid, car wax, polishes, roofing tar, pool chemicals, and fluorescent lamps.
From the yard and house, materials include: poisons, insecticides, fungicides, fertilizers, weed killers, moth balls, flea control products, rubber cement, airplane glue, fiberglass resins, photo chemicals, chemistry sets, floor and metal polish, oven cleaner, drain and toilet cleaner, spot remover, rug and upholstery cleaner, hobby/artist supplies, mercury thermometers, thermostats, button batteries and rechargeable batteries.
Televisions and computers will be accepted for a fee of $15 and up, depending on size. No console or big screen televisions will be accepted. Products that contain mercury, such as fever thermometers and button batteries, found in watches and hearing aides, may also be brought to the collection. There will be a digital fever thermometer exchange (one per household) for mercury fever thermometers brought to this collection.
Rechargeable batteries, such as those used in cell phones and tools, will be accepted as well. Alkaline batteries may be disposed of with ordinary household trash.
Waste oil paint, motor oil collection planned in Lenox
On Wednesday, July 29, the Center for Ecological Technology (CET) will coordinate a paint and oil collection from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Lenox Dept. of Public Works, 275 Main Street in Lenox. Acceptable materials are oil-based paint, stains, paint thinners, and turpentine, as well as waste motor oil.
Latex paint will not be accepted at either of these events. Empty or dried up cans of latex paint can be disposed with the regular trash. Empty cans of oil-based paint, stains and solvents can be disposed with the regular trash as well.
For more information about what can be brought to these collections, visit www.cetonline.org or call us at 1-800-238-1221, ext. 30, or email robt@cetonline.org. Residents from communities that are not participating should call their City or Town Hall for information about household hazardous product collections.
