DANC sets schedule for this year’s household hazardous waste collection days

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) – The Development Authority of the North Country has set its schedule for household hazardous waste collection days for 2024.

The organization and their partners will be sponsoring five free household hazardous waste collection days this spring and fall to help residents in Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis counties properly and safely dispose of certain hazardous materials.

The free collection days will be held May 11 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Canton at the St. Lawrence County Human Services Building; June 1 from 8 a.m. to noon in Watertown at the Jefferson County Highway Garage; September 14 from 8 a.m. to noon in Lowville at the Lewis County Transfer Station; September 28 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Canton at the St. Lawrence County Human Services Building and; October 5 from 8 a.m. to noon in Watertown at the Jefferson County Highway Garage.

Items such as leftover solvents, pesticides, pool chemicals, oil-based paints, latex paints, and aerosol cans that still have product in them will be accepted.. Fluorescent light tubes will also be taken. Empty aerosol cans, motor oil, asbestos, tires, construction debris and explosives will not be accepted. Electronic waste (televisions, computers) will not be accepted. However, it can be recycled at most county transfer stations.

Leftover latex and oil-based paint will be accepted and recycled. Residents can now recycle their unwanted paint year-round through a non-profit organization called Paint Care if one doesn’t want to wait. The program in the tri-county area will accept leftover paint for recycling. Check www.paintcare.org for details and locations. Empty paint cans of either type need to be dried out and disposed of in the trash.

Unwanted or unused prescription and over-the-counter medications from residential households only will be accepted by law enforcement at the Canton and Watertown events.

The collection events are open to residential households only. Waste will not be accepted from businesses, schools, farms or municipalities.

For a complete listing of what items will and will not be accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days, visit https://www.northcountryrecycles.org/HouseholdHazardousWaste . There are also tips on how to dispose of items that will not be accepted at the events.

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