DROP OFF HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE,
ELECTRONICS RECYCLING AT CARTER
BARRON AMPHITHEATRE APRIL 26
The DC Department of Public Works (DPW) will hold its annual spring
Household Hazardous Waste and E-Cycling collection event Saturday, April
26, 2008, from 9 am to 3 pm at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre parking
lot at 16th and Kennedy Streets, NW. This is a drop-off service that is
free and open to all District residents and will not require residents
to get out of their vehicles.
DC residents can bring items including leftover cleaning and gardening
chemicals, small quantities of gasoline, pesticides and poisons, mercury
thermometers, paint, solvents, spent batteries of all kinds, antifreeze,
chemistry sets, automotive fluids, and even asbestos floor tiles to the
collection site for environmentally safe disposal.
Additionally, an electronics recycler will be onsite to take end-of-life
consumer electronics including computers, computer monitors and other
accessories, televisions, and office equipment. These machines will be
broken down into their component parts (plastic, glass, toxic/heavy
metals) and recycled or disposed of safely.
To help protect against identity theft, computers and hard drives
brought to the event will be wiped clean three times using US Department
of Defense high-level security wiping procedures.
Items that will NOT be accepted during the Household Hazardous Waste and
Electronics Recycling Collection include ammunition, bulk trash, wooden
TV consoles, propane tanks, microwave ovens, air conditioners and other
appliances, as well as radioactive or medical wastes.
Learn more information about household hazardous waste and e-cycling by
visiting DPW's website at
www.dpw.dc.gov <
http://www.dpw.dc.gov/> or by
dialing 311 (202-727-1000 if you are calling from outside the District).
Nancee Lyons
Public Affairs Specialist
DC Department of Public Works
2000 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 671-2637, 671-0642 (fax)
www.dpw.dc.gov
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