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IA Hazardous Waste Disposal: Not All Garbage is Equal

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014   

DES MOINES, Iowa - Residents across Iowa now spending more time out in their gardens and garages are being reminded to keep the environment in mind by keeping hazardous waste items out of the trash.

Arthur Kern, business waste managenent representative at Metro Waste Authority, said landfills are lined to prevent hazardous chemicals from seeping into the ground and entering waterways, but keeping them out all together is the best option for those many items that people come across as they work on projects around the house.

"They'll have a lot of old pesticides and herbicides in those sheds and garages - things for crabgrass, weed killers, different things for bugs for your house or your garden - and those are very important not to go in the trash," Kern said.

Hazardous waste can properly be disposed of at Regional Collection Centers across Iowa, and Kern said the best way to find the programs available in your area is to contact the local landfill agency.

Kern said other common hazardous waste finds in the garage include batteries, oil-based paints, different kinds of cleaners and pool products, and various types of engine fluids.

"A gas-oil mix that could have been in the snow blower or in containers that were used for the lawn mower last year," he said. "We do not want those going into our landfills or being poured on our driveways, or going into the ditches."

More information is available at mwatoday.com and iowadnr.gov.


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