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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday,
September 17, 2004
Contact:
Jennifer Johnson, Education and Outreach Specialist (360) 754-4111 ext.
7631
WASTEMOBILE
COLLECTS HAZARDOUS WASTE IN TUMWATER
Olympia- The WasteMobile, Thurston County’s mobile
hazardous waste collection vehicle, will visit Tumwater High School September
25 and 26th from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm.
The collection event will be held in the west parking lot of Tumwater
High School at 700 Israel Road.
The WasteMobile accepts unwanted household hazardous
materials such as oil-based paint, pesticides, glues, solvents, car batteries,
antifreeze, motor oil filters, fluorescent lights, and pool and hobby
chemicals. Staff will not accept
garbage, empty containers, medical wastes, explosives, ammunition, compressed
gas cylinders, or business-related wastes. There is no charge for households
to use this service.
At the Tumwater WasteMobile event in 2002 nearly ten tons
of hazardous materials was collected! Collection
events such as the WasteMobile keep hazardous materials out of landfills and
help prevent accidental poisonings or spills.
If a person is unsure whether a product is hazardous they
can find out by checking the product label.
The terms “danger” and “poison” on the front label indicate
that a product is highly hazardous and should be disposed of as hazardous
waste. The terms “caution”
and “warning” mean that the product is mildly to moderately hazardous and
should also be disposed of as hazardous waste.
The lack of one of these “signal words” (danger, poison, warning,
caution) on a modern product means that the product is not considered toxic
and can be disposed of in the regular trash.
These signal words can also be used to choose the least-toxic products
when shopping.
Those who
cannot visit the WasteMobile event can go to HazoHouse at the Waste and
Recovery Center off of Hogum Bay Road, which is open all year to accept
unwanted household hazardous products. HazoHouse
is open every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 8:00 am-5:00 pm.
For more information on the Wastemobile or HazoHouse,
contact Thurston County’s Waste Line at (360) 786-5494 or visit www.co.thurston.wa.us/wwm.
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