Smoke detectors, while hazardous due to radioactive components, are NOT normally collected at Household Hazardous Waste Collection events. Many sources recommend mailing them back to…
Smoke Detectors
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Smoke detectors, while hazardous due to radioactive components, are NOT normally collected at Household Hazardous Waste Collection events. Many sources recommend mailing them back to…
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Recycling batteries is important to protect our environment and our health. Each year Americans throw away 84,000 tons of alkaline batteries. Batteries make up 20%…
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Household Hazardous Wastes are materials and chemicals that are toxic, flammable, corrosive, reactive, or explosive. They typically cannot be safely recycled or disposed of without…
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Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) bulbs and Fluorescent Tube bulbs: There are various retail drop-off locations for CFL recycling. Residents are asked to wrap CFLs in newspaper or…
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Eliminating household hazardous wastes is a prime concern of the Ecology Action Center. Proper disposal can be difficult and confusing, which is why we need…
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Prescription and nonprescription drugs that are not properly disposed of easily make their way into our water supply. Pills that are flushed down the toilet…
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These bulbs contain mercury and need to be recycled: Compact fluorescent bulbs (all sizes) Fluorescent bulbs of all shapes and sizes (tubes, circles, U-shaped, bug…