Free Fall Clean Sweep Event Encourages Proper Disposal of Common Household Hazardous Materials Collection Site off Garden of the Gods Road for Westside Colorado Springs Manitou and Ute Pass Areas El Paso County, CO, September 4, 2014 – El Paso County Environmental Services and El Paso County Public Health are co-hosting a Fall Clean Sweep event to make it easier to properly dispose of household hazardous waste items. The free collection event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12, in the parking lot behind the Citizens Service Center at 1675 Garden of the Gods Road. The Fall Clean Sweep is for El Paso and Teller county residents. No business or commercial waste will be accepted. Items accepted at the event include: • Electronics (computers, printers, scanners, any size TVs, cell phones, audio/video equipment, digital cameras, camcorders, fax machines, etc.) • Paint and paint-related products (stains, strippers, thinners, varnishes, etc.) • Household chemicals (aerosols, ammonia, bleach, cleaners, lamp oil, etc.) • Lawn & garden chemicals (fertilizers, pesticides, poisons, plant food, etc.) • Automotive chemicals (motor oil, antifreeze, brake & transmission fluids, waxes, bug/tar/vinyl/chrome/engine cleaners, etc.) • Fluorescent lights (tubes and CFLs) • All types of batteries - lead acid vehicle batteries and all types of household batteries (AA, AAA, C, D, 9-volt, watch & hearing aid batteries) • Mattresses – any size, no box springs • Tires (passenger & light truck only - limit 4). Directions to the south parking lot behind (west of) the Citizens Service Center (CSC) —from Garden of the Gods Road, take Arrowswest Drive (just west of the CSC parking lot entrance) south and turn left onto Arrowswest Court. El Paso County’s Household Hazardous Waste collection program collects and properly disposes of household hazardous chemicals and other common household items so they don’t end up in area landfills where contaminants can find their way into underground water resources. For additional information on the Fall Clean Sweep event and other environmental services and programs available through El Paso County Household Hazardous Waste call 520-7871. The permanent El Paso County Household Hazardous Waste collection site is open Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on the second Saturday of the month, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is located at 3255 Akers Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80922. More information is online. adm.elpasoco/Environmental%20Division/Household%20Hazardous%20Waste/Pages/default.aspx
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:52:04 +0000
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