Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day - 2009 dates to be determined

Citizens throughout the Roanoke Valley can bring poisons, flammables, corrosives and other materials to one of the Roanoke Valley’s Household Hazardous Waste Day below:

The collection will be held at the Roanoke Valley Resource Authority Tinker Creek Transfer Station from 12:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., rain or shine.

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
PLEASE CALL 387-6225 TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT. 

This free event, sponsored by the City of Roanoke, the Counties of Roanoke and Botetourt, the Town of Vinton, the Roanoke Valley Resource Authority and the Clean Valley Council, allows residents to dispose of items in an environmentally responsible manner.

Items not accepted include tires, explosives, medical waste and radioactive waste (including smoke detectors). Also, commercial waste will not be accepted.
 
The following items will be accepted:

• Latex and oil paints in any size can. Paint can be liquid or dried. (Latex paint can also be dried and disposed of in the trash.)
• Aerosol cans of any kind
• Paint-related products, such as paint thinner, stains, turpentine, polyurethane, polishes and acetone
• Automotive products, including motor oil, brake fluid, antifreeze and gasoline
• Any battery, from car and truck batteries to button batteries, lead acid batteries, alkaline batteries, nickel cadmium batteries and lithium batteries
• Propane gas cylinders, 20 pound and 30 pound
• Mercury debris (including thermometers)
• Gardening supplies, such as solid or liquid pesticides, insecticides, herbicides and fertilizers
• Household cleaners, such as bleach, oven cleaners, bathroom cleaners and any other alkaline/corrosive or acid cleaner
• Polychlorinated biphenols (PCBs, for example, electrical switches and ballasts)
• Fluorescent bulbs

Please do not bring regular household waste, tar or asbestos.
These may be disposed of in regular trash.

Do not bring tires, explosives, medical waste or radioactive waste (including smoke detectors). These wastes cannot be accepted. For information on how to properly dispose of these wastes, call Paul Truntich at