Monthly Archive

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day
Northborough-Southborough Villager, MA - 11 hours ago… gasoline mixtures, auto batteries, pesticides, thinners, spent antifreeze, oil-based paints and stains, photo chemicals, pool chemicals, household chemicals …

Get rid of the scary stuff in your shed
Scituate Mariner, MA - 18 hours ago… oil-based paints and stains, solvents, gasoline, motor oil mixtures and other automotive fluids, pesticides, photography chemicals, pool chemicals, acids and …

News Briefs
Owings Mills Times, MD - 21 hours ago… collection are paints, motor oil, antifreeze, gasoline, cleaning solvents, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, swimming pool chemicals, mercury thermometers …

Municipal Matters
Melrose Free Press, MA - 13 hours ago… motor oil; engine degreaser; brake fluid/carburetor cleaner; transmission fluid; car wax, polishes; driveway sealer; roofing tar; swimming pool chemicals. …

News Briefs
Owings Mills Times, MD - 17 minutes ago… collection are paints, motor oil, antifreeze, gasoline, cleaning solvents, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, swimming pool chemicals, mercury thermometers …

WHAT’S HAPPENING
Orlando Sentinel, FL - 5 hours ago… residents can bring items such as pesticides, drain cleaners, oil, paint, varnish, photography chemicals, cleaning fluids, pool chemicals, flammable liquids …

Is there scary stuff in the shed?
Marshfield Mariner, MA - 13 hours ago… oil-based paints and stains, solvents, gasoline, motor oil mixtures and other automotive fluids, pesticides, photography chemicals, pool chemicals, acids and …

CYRO Industries Launches ACRYLITE Prototype Express Program
Chemical Online.com (press release), PA - 6 hours ago… introduces its 8-liter, 818 UN pail, ideally suited for providing safe and secure packaging for classified dangerous solids such as solid pool chemicals. …

Dahlias have lost their vigor
The Spokesman Review, WA - 11 hours ago… Our vegetable garden is within 10 feet of where we backwash. Will the pool chemicals be harmful to plants (the grass appears very green where we backwash)? …

Local Briefs: Two injured when truck overturns
Long Beach Press-Telegram - not mix the items together. There is a limit of 15 gallons or 125 pounds of hazardous waste per trip. What you can bring: Brake fluid, paint, paint thinner, cleaners with acid or lye, pesticides, herbicides, household and car batteries, pool chemicals

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Dos Mundos - Store pool chemicals out of children s reach and in clearly labeled childproof containers. Make sure your neighbors and their children know when the pool is off limits. Make sure your

Pool generates 6,200 visitors
NWITimes.com - The city also spent $21,542 in supplies, including pool chemicals. Despite falling more than $20,000 short of breaking even, Levan said the figures were about what he expected when the facility opened. “When the weather was warm, attendance was great

Home hazardous wastes to be collected at school
Patriot-News - Substances to be accepted include motor oil; gasoline; kerosene; antifreeze; auto batteries; disinfectants and cleaners; dyes; lighter fluid; photographic chemicals; driveway sealers; swimming pool chemicals; herbicides; oil-based paints, varnishes

Macomb Briefs
Detroit News - off their household hazardous waste from 8 a.m. to noon today at Beebe Street Memorial Park, City Manager Jon Moore said. The Macomb County Health Department accepts the household hazardous waste, including pesticides, brake fluid and pool chemicals

Don’t trash your curb
PensacolaNewsJournal.com, FL - 17 hours ago… Items that will be accepted include swimming-pool chemicals, paint and paint thinner, fuels, lawn and garden chemicals, aerosol cans and other items labeled …

Community news briefs
Long Beach Press-Telegram, CA - 19 hours ago… What you can bring: Brake fluid, paint, paint thinner, cleaners with acid or lye, pesticides, herbicides, household and car batteries, pool chemicals, motor oil …

Hazardous waste drop-offs
Allston-Brighton TAB, MA - 6 hours ago… stains, corrosives, poisonous materials, solvents, glues, waste fuels, insecticides, weed killers, hobby supplies, photo chemicals, pool chemicals, tires, car …

Home Chemical Safety Tips from the American Society of Safety …
Occupational Hazards, OH - 12 hours ago… Properly mark and store under lock and key all household and pool chemicals, paints and poisons. Keep these on a high shelf, out of children’s reach. …

Household waste collection on Oct. 23
Reading Advocate, MA - 10 hours ago… From the yard/garden - pesticides (including 2,4,5-T, Silvex), herbicides, insect sprays, rodent killers, pool chemicals, muriatic acid, no-pest strips …

From The Archives
Syracuse Post-Standard - A state trooper was injured tonight when his stopped patrol car was struck from behind after he had pulled over a speeder, according to state police. Trooper Timothy Phillips, working the interstate patrol based in Pulaski, had stopped a motorist in

News in brief: ‘Rally for Autism’ is set for Oct. 8
Herald-Dispatch - Residents in Lawrence and Scioto Counties will be able to dispose of hazardous waste including old electronics, paint, pesticides and herbicides and pool chemicals from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Dow Chemical Plant at 925 County Road 1

DKMM Drop-Off Days scheduled for Saturday and Oct. 28
Marion Star - Items accepted include old paint (oil-based only), kerosene, gasoline, motor oil, scrap tires, pool chemicals, household and car batteries, bleach, pesticides, fertilizers, mercury, poisons, propane cylinders, ammunition (50 calibers or less), old

Cat leash law ruffles fur of Lodi owners
Lodi News-Sentinel - Mounce said it about $500 in pool chemicals. Otherwise, middle-of-the-night cancellations of players also proved to be a problem. The hardest part for the Mounces was having strangers in their back yard all night long. First published: Thursday

Church supper:
Providence Journal, RI - 7 hours ago… dispose of household hazardous waste, including cleaners, pesticides, automotive lubricants, paint, thinners, stain, fertilizer, weed killers and pool chemicals …

Apex mayor: Come clean on toxins
News & Observer, NC - 4 hours ago… Thursday night, thick plumes of smoke that town residents said smelled distinctly like pool chemicals began pouring out of the warehouse. …