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Hazardous waste collection set for May 20 in Canton

Posted 4/23/17

The Development Authority of the North Country, in cooperation with St. Lawrence County and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, will sponsor free household hazardous waste …

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Hazardous waste collection set for May 20 in Canton

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The Development Authority of the North Country, in cooperation with St. Lawrence County and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, will sponsor free household hazardous waste collection days this spring and fall to help county residents properly dispose of certain hazardous materials.

The collection days will be May 20, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in Canton at the St. Lawrence County Human Services Building; and Sept. 16, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in St. Lawrence County at the Louisville town highway garage.

Items such as solvents, pesticides, fluorescent light tubes, pool chemicals, oil-based paints and aerosol cans that still have product in them will be accepted.

Empty aerosol cans, motor oil, asbestos, construction debris, explosives and latex paint will not be accepted. If paint can be cleaned up with water it is not oil-based and should be dried up and disposed of in the regular trash.

Electronic waste (televisions, computers) will not be accepted, it can be recycled at most county transfer stations.

The collection events are open to residential households only; waste will not be accepted from businesses, schools, farms or municipalities.

For a complete listing of what will and will not be accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days, please visit www.northcountryrecycles.org.

There you can also find tips on how to dispose of items that will not be accepted at the events.