Household Hazardous Waste Collection
South Windsor residents will have an opportunity to participate in a Household Hazardous Waste Collection on Saturday, October 31, 2009 in the Town of Windsor Locks, at the Public Works Garage on 6 Stanton Road from 8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS THE LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR SOUTH WINDSOR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION FOR 2009
Rules For Bringing Waste To a Collection Day
PLEASE STAY IN YOUR VEHICLE DURING THE ENTIRE COLLECTION!!
This is for your safety and is required by our contractor's DEP permit.
We will take care of everything, so just sit back and relax.
- Bring your waste in their original containers whenever possible. Please make sure all containers are closed. It is dangerous to transport open containers.
- Do not mix different products.
- Collect your waste containers in disposable boxes or bins, which should be transported in your trunk. Do not put your Household HazWaste in the backseat with your children or pets.
- NO SMOKING IN YOUR CAR! Most wastes are flammable.
- Bring something to read, the wait is usually 5 - 15 minutes, but can be up to 30 minutes (and at the very large collections sometimes longer).
- If possible, leave children and animals at home.
Learn the safe way to use and dispose of hazardous products. Follow label instructions.
Reduce the amount of hazardous products in your home. Demand safer products.
Consider safer alternatives to hazardous products. They are usually just as effective.
Take part in hazardous household waste collection program.
Out of Sight is Not Out of Mind
What you don’t know about can harm your family’s health. You have only to look under your sink or in your garage and you will probably find lurking there, containers partially filled with hazardous household wastes just waiting to cause a problem. The average household has almost ten gallons of hazardous wastes, which if improperly used or stored, can harm you, or your children and our environment. Because these wastes can pollute our water supplies, air and land if disposed of in your trash, on the ground, down your sink and toilet or into the neighborhood storm drain, the Town wants you to bring these wastes to a Town Household Hazardous Waste Collection Site. Refer to the
Hazardous Waste Collection Schedule.
What You Can Do
Look at the check list of household hazards to the right. If you have any of these products in your home and don’t intend to use them or give them away, please bring them to the Town’s Hazwaste Collection.
Safe Handling Tips
Whenever possible, bring materials in their original containers.
Don’t mix different products together in one container.
Some of them may react violently with each other.
If possible, pack containers separately in absorbent material
to prevent breakage or leakage.
Bring rags/towels in your car to clean up any spills.
If a leak or spill occurs on route to site, stop car, wipe up substance,
and open windows to vent fumes.
Bring rags/towels to collection site for disposal.
Solving Household Hazwaste Problem
Buy alternative non-hazardous products; read label before you buy.
Buy only the amount you need.
Carefully read label and use products according to directions.
Never store products outdoors or near heat or flame.
Keep children and pets away from where hazardous products are used or stored.
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
KITCHEN/BATHROOM
Aerosol Cans, Floor Care Products, Drain Cleaners, Disinfectants, Polishes, Oven Cleaners, Bathroom Cleaners, Tile Cleaners, Toilet Bowl Cleaners, Nail Polish Remover, Ammonia, Spot and Stain Removers, Wood Preservatives.
GARAGE/WORKSHOP
Antifreeze, Brake Fluid, Auto Body Repair Products, Transmission Fluid, Oil Base Paint, Mercury, Paint Stripper/Thinner,
Gasoline/Kerosene, Turpentine.
YARD/HOBBY
Insecticides, Herbicides/Fungicides, Rat Poison, Flea Powders/Sprays, Artist’s Paints, Epoxy Products/Glue, Moth Balls, Pool Chemicals, Cleaning Solvents,
Charcoal Lighter, Lithium Batteries.
WHAT NOT TO BRING TO HAZWASTE COLLECTION SITE
Empty Containers, Electronics, Latex Paint, Wastes from any Business, Explosives, Propane Tanks (for grills), Biological Waste, Medicines/Drugs, Medical Waste, Waste Oil, Tires, Car Batteries, Asbestos.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
- Turn RIGHT onto JOHN FITCH BLVD/US-5 N. Continue to follow US-5 N.
- Merge onto I-91 S via the ramp on the LEFT toward HARTFORD.
- Take the CT-159 exit, EXIT 42, toward WINDSOR LOCKS.
- Turn RIGHT onto S MAIN ST/CT-159S.
- Turn RIGHT onto STANTON RD.
- 6 STANTON RD is on the RIGHT.
For more information please call
644-2511, ext. 243 OR ext. 343.
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