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NEW LOCATION:

In an effort to streamline the drop off process and decrease customer wait time, we have chosen a larger, more convenient site for drop off of hazardous waste and electronics.

  • Saturday, October 24, 2009
  • 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
  • In the Vacant parking lot on the South side of
  • Bird Street (exit I-275 N @ Bird Street).

Many common household materials can create real danger in homes when forgotten or improperly managed and disposed.  Household hazardous materials can also pose a risk to children and pets, threaten public safety and solid waste workers, and contribute to environmental degradation. Household chemical and electronics collections provide residential customers a safe means of disposing of unwanted home generated chemicals and electronics in an environmentally responsible manner. For more information, please call Customer Service at (813) 348-1111.

List of Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Electronics

The FCC is going to require all televisions to run a digital signal by February 17, 2009. All-digital broadcasting will free up frequencies for public safety communications (such as police, fire, and emergency rescue). Also, digital is a more efficient transmission technology that allows broadcast stations to offer improved picture and sound quality, as well as offer more programming options for consumers through multiple broadcast streams (multi-casting). In addition, some of the freed up frequencies will be used for advanced commercial wireless services for consumers. 

Back before there were plasma screen and liquid crystal display (LCD) tubes, we watched our Super Bowls and sitcoms on cathode ray tubes (CRT). The CRT model provided room for all switches and wires in a box behind the screen, but it also stored a large amount of lead. Approximately 20 percent of CRTs are comprised of lead, equivalent to between four and eight pounds per unit. Even the smallest amounts of lead can be a serious issue.

 

Hazardous Chemicals


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