Dear fellow Hanoverians:
*Do you have scary stuff in your cellar?*
* *
Hanover will host a household hazardous waste collection day this
spring. Residents may attend at no charge.
The collection is scheduled from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on *April 27
*at the Hanover Transfer Station, 118 Rockland Street.
*Bring*: Oil based paint, stains, solvents, gasoline, automotive
fluids, pesticides, photography and pool chemicals, acids, bases, and
poisons in secure, labeled containers.
*Do not bring:* industrial, pathological and medical waste,
radioactive materials, pressurized gas cylinders or explosives.
*Motor oil, propane tanks, appliances (some for a fee), auto and
rechargeable batteries, and fluorescent lamps *are collected regularly
at the transfer station.
Latexpaints and driveway sealers are *messy, but not hazardous*. If
not recyclable as described below, absorb liquid with cat litter and
dispose in trash. *Usable leftover latex paint* will be accepted and
recycled into new paint products at The Paint Exchange LLC of North
Scituate for a fee of $2. To see if your paint qualifies for
recycling, and for hours of operation, go to www.ssrcoop.info
and click on “latex paint.
Residents who turn in a* toxic mercury* thermometer, thermostat or
other mercury item may swap it for a digital thermometer. This program
is sponsored by *Covanta at SEMASS*.
PSC Environmental will conduct the collections. For more information,
call the South Shore Recycling Cooperative at* 781-329-8318, *or go to
www.ssrcoop.info
.
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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