Waste oil paint, motor oil collections
Scheduled in Lenox and Great BarringtonSOUTH COUNTY - The Center for Ecological Technology (CET) will coordinate two paint and oil collections in September for the 15 towns that are in the Southern Berkshire Household Hazardous Waste Collaborative.
There will be a collection on Saturday, September 12, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Lenox Dept. of Public Works, 275 Main Street.
A second collection will be held in Great Barrington on Saturday, September 26, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Recycling Center across from Monument Mountain High School.
Residents of these towns are eligible to participate: Alford, Becket, Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Richmond, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham and West Stockbridge.
Registration is required.
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, and to register, call us at 1-888-577-8448, ext. 30, or email robt@cetonline.org. Residents from communities that are not participating should call their City or Town Hall for information about hazardous household product collections. For more information about other collections and events visit www.cetonline.org.
