Press Release:

For immediate release:

Regional Hazardous Waste Collection on April 23, 2005.

As a way to celebrate Earth Day, the 2005 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event for the communities of Barrington, Farmington, Milton, Middleton, New Durham, Northwood, Rochester, Strafford, and Wakefield will be held on Saturday April 23^rd from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. at the Turnkey Landfill on Rochester Neck Road in Rochester.

Residents from these communities can bring up to 10 gallons of their household hazardous waste to the event. To identify which products are hazardous, look for the words flammable, corrosive, explosive, or toxic on the product label.

Products that ARE HAZARDOUS should be brought to the collection event including: weed killers/fertilizers; no-pest strips; ant sprays/ baits; bug/rodent sprays/poisons; flea repellents/shampoo; bug sprays; houseplant insecticides; oven cleaners; drain/toilet cleaners; wood/metal cleaners, polishes; rug cleaners; tub, tile, shower cleaners; beach (laundry); pool chemicals, button cell and lithium batteries; car wax/polish; creosote; fuel additives; carburetor/fuel injector cleaners; air conditioning refrigerants; starter fluids; transmission and brake fluid; oil or enamel based paint; stains/ finishes; polyurethane; paint thinners and turpentine; paint strippers/removers; photographic chemicals; fixatives, adhesives, glues; other solvents.

These products ARE NOT considered to be hazardous and can be disposed of by the noted method:

Latex paint: Use the paint, or dry out can and throw can away in trash.

Motor oil: Provisions will be made to open the Rochester Public Works Facility, 45 Old Dover Road on this day between 8:30 am to 12:30 pm to Rochester residents only to drop off up to 10 gallons of used motor oil for recycling. Proof of residency is required. For the collection center in the other communities, contact your municipality or call NHDES toll free at 1-888-825-3645.

Zinc carbon and alkaline batteries: Batteries sold after May 1996 are non-hazardous and can be placed in the trash.

Household Batteries: For the disposal locations nearest you, visit www.rbrc.org or call 1-800-822-8837. Be sure to place each battery in a plastic bag or put electrical tape over terminals.

Car batteries: Most places that sell car batteries will take them back. Some communities may have battery collections. Call your local town office or NHDES for details.

Propane tanks: return to a place that sells them.

This event is sponsored by the City of Rochester with assistance from all participating communities, NHDES, Waste Management, Inc., and Strafford Regional Planning Commission. For more information call your municipal office or Strafford Regional Planning Commission at 742-2523 or Rochester Public Works at 332-4096.