Hazardous waste collection set for Aug. 16th & 17th in The Dalles & Hood River
Pre-registration is required to attend. Click here to register.
Piled high and precarious - maybe it’s time to part way with your fluorescent tubes containing mercury vapor or even small amounts of liquid mercury.
From Tri-County Hazardous Waste & Recycling Program:
The Dalles, Ore., Aug. 2, 2024 — The Tri-County Hazardous Waste & Recycling Program is holding hazardous waste collection events at Hood River Garbage and The Dalles Disposal on August 16th and 17th from 9 am-2 pm. These events are open to households and small businesses of Wasco, Hood River, and Sherman Counties. Pre-registration is required to attend, visit www.tricountyrecycle.com/HR&TD to get signed up. Small businesses MUST pre-register one week in advance.
Sometimes those buckets have been around a little too long. Here’s an easy way to get rid of them and create some room for more useful items. Recycle them at a hazardous waste collection event on Aug. 16 and 17.
Accepted materials at these events are products that are labeled “caution”, “warning”, “danger”, or “poison”, septic field/drain cleaners, oven cleaners, gasoline, kerosene, and other fuels, automotive fluids, pool and spa chemicals, fluorescent lights, thermostats and thermometers, art and hobby chemicals, and much more. For a full list of accepted items and an event schedule, visit www.tricountyrecycle.com.
The Tri-County Hazardous Waste & Recycling Program was formed as an intergovernmental agreement in November 2003 to build and operate two permanent household hazardous waste collection facilities in Hood River and The Dalles, and conduct satellite collection events throughout the region. Wasco County is the lead agency. The facilities and events collect hazardous wastes from households; businesses and institutions, which are Very Small Quantity Generators, as well as pesticide wastes from farmers and ranchers. The program’s grand opening took place on July 29th, 2006.
For more information, call Tri-County Hazardous Waste & Recycling Program at (541) 506-2529.
