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Organizers behind the twice-a-year household hazardous waste collection and electronics recycling are urging the public to start setting aside items for next month’s event.
Staged at the St. Joseph County Fairgrounds, the fall collection takes place 2 to 6 p.m. Oct. 2.
Organizers wish to note this falls on a Wednesday, not a weekend.
The collection will allow residents to dispose of household hazardous waste such as pool chemicals, old gas, pesticides, oil-based paints and pharmaceutical needles.
Electronics accepted include personal and laptop computers, telephones, televisions, game systems, printers, DVD and VCR players, scanners, and cables and wires. Up to two TVs per family can be dropped off at no charge. A fee of $10 will be applied for every subsequent TV.
Thanks to a grant from Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, up to 10 tires per person can be dropped off at no charge. Passenger tires beyond that amount are $2 each, semi tires $5 each and tractor tires $25 apiece.
CMS Green will be on hand to accept cardboard, newspaper, magazines, phone books and junk mail.
Questions about the impending event can be directed to 467-5533.
