Household chemical collection events to begin
A collection event Saturday at the North Park Swimming Pool parking lot will provide area residents with the first of six opportunities to safely and cost effectively dispose of common household chemicals in 2016.
Throughout the spring, summer and fall, the Pennsylvania Resources Council will hold events in Allegheny, Beaver, Cambria and Washington counties to collect household chemical products known as “household hazardous waste” such as cleaners, paints, stains and varnishes, batteries, motor oil, pesticides and other products containing potentially hazardous chemicals. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, an average home can easily accumulate 100 pounds of these products.
The first PRC drive-through household chemical collection will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the North Park Swimming Pool parking lot in Allegheny County.
The cost to safely dispose of materials at all collections will be $3 a gallon, cash only.
Other household chemical collection events will take place:
• May 21 – Cambria County (Concurrent Technologies Corporation)
• July 9 – Washington County (Washington County Fairgrounds)
• Aug. 13 – Allegheny County (Boyce Park)
•Sept. 17 – Allegheny County (South Park)
• Oct. 8 – Beaver County (Bradys Run Park)
For information and a complete list of items accepted visit www.prc.org or call 412-488-7452.