Cardozo Shaw Neighborhood Association - E-cycling and Household Hazardous Waste Collection on Saturday April 22

E-cycling and Household Hazardous Waste Collection on Saturday April 22

Written by CSNA

Wednesday, 08 February 2006

As part of the District’s Earth Day celebration, the DC Department of Public Works (DPW) will hold its spring e-cycling and household hazardous waste disposal event on Saturday, April 22 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre parking lot at 16th and Kennedy Streets, NW. This drop-off service is free and open to all District residents.

DC residents can bring items including leftover cleaning and gardening chemicals, small quantities of gasoline, pesticides and poisons, mercury thermometers, varnish, solvents, spent batteries of all kinds, roofing tar, chemistry sets, automotive fluids, even asbestos floor tiles to the collection site for environmentally safe disposal.

Additionally, an electronics recycler will be onsite to take end-of-life consumer electronics including computers, computer monitors and other accessories, televisions, and office equipment. These machines will be broken down into their component parts (plastic, glass, toxic/heavy metals) and recycled or disposed of safely.

Items that will not be accepted during the Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Recycling Collection include ammunition, bulk trash, wooden TV consoles, propane tanks, microwave ovens, air conditioners and other appliances, as well as radioactive or medical wastes.

For more information on household hazardous waste, visit the DPW website.

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