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Household Chemical Waste Collection in Cape Coral Jan 26th
Jan 22, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brigitte Kantor, Lee County Solid Waste Division Score a Home Run By Cleaning Your Garage of Old Chemicals, Paints, Rancid Oil and Outdated Electronics - Household Chemical Waste Collection in Cape Coral this Saturday, January 26th Interested residents may bring old and unwanted paint, thinners,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 and bulbs, ammunition and flares, propane gas tanks, anything labeled corrosive, poison, flammable, corrosive or explosive. Note that 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. We will also take computers, monitors, keyboards, mice, printers, scanners, fax machines, copiers, televisions, stereos, VCR's, cell phones, and other electronic devices. All items are accepted whether in working or non-working condition. The Solid Waste Division will also accept used cooking oil at this event. The 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 and use your recycling bin to recycle glass, plastic, steel and aluminum containers as well as all paper including junk-mail, cardboard and fiberboard! Dates and locations of possible future collection events will be posted on our website as they become available. Thanks for your participation.
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