Sponsored by Zero Waste Pittsburgh, a household chemicals collection event will be held in the South Park Wave Pool parking lot (1 Wave Pool Complex, Bethel Park, PA 15102) on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The fee to participate—cash only—is $2 per gallon.
Acceptable items include:
- aerosol cans
- automotive fluids (motor oil, transmission fluid, antifreeze, brake fluid)
- batteries
- chemistry sets
- compact fluorescent bulbs
- gasoline
- kerosene
- household cleaners (ammonia, drain openers, acid cleaners, oven cleaners)
- mercury
- paint products (latex, oil-based, alkyd-based, arts/crafts chemicals, rust preservatives, creosote, water sealers, paint thinners, furniture strippers)
- photo chemicals
- pool chemicals
- fluorescent tubes
- leaking containers
- ammunition
- appliances
- bulk waste
- commercial and industrial waste
- compressed gas cylinders, including propane tanks
- drugs
- explosives
- flares
- medical waste, including needles
- polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, and dioxin
- radioactive materials, including smoke detectors
- tires
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