Jan 26, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   |
   
Contact: Brigitte Kantor, Lee County Solid Waste Division
                 (239) 338-3302  

Household Chemical Waste Collection in Cape Coral this Saturday, January 27th

FORT MYERS, Fla. (January 26, 2007) – Another much anticipated Household Chemical Waste and Electronic Collection will be held by the Lee County Solid Waste Division on January 27th, 2007  at the Public Works Annex on SE 16th Place in Cape Coral, Florida. Gates will open at 8 AM and close at 2 PM. 

Interested residents may bring old and unwanted paint, thinners, polishers and paint strippers, drain cleaners, pool chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, automotive fluids, car and boat batteries, fluorescent tubes, ammunition and flares, propane gas tanks, anything labeled corrosive, poison, flammable, corrosive or explosive.  Empty paint cans, empty pool chemical containers and other empty chemical containers need to be disposed of in the regular household garbage.  Please do not bring these to the collection.

Additionally, computers, monitors, keyboards, mice, printers, scanners, fax machines, copiers, televisions, stereos, VCR's, cell phones, and other electronic devices are collected.  All items are accepted whether in working or non-working condition. 

This collection is strictly for residential households!  For the safety of the residents we ask that smoking material is extinguished when entering the facility and that residents remain in their vehicles during the unloading process. 

Remember to please keep our environment save and clean by keeping all these materials out of our normal solid waste stream! Keep recyclable material out of the regular household garbage cans use your recycling bin to recycle glass, plastic, steel and aluminum containers as well as all paper including junk-mail, cardboard and fiberboard! 

The next Household Chemical Waste Collection is scheduled for March 24, 2007 at Page Field in Fort Myers. 

Thanks for your participation.

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