NORWAY — Residents of Oxford Hills can dispose of poisons, pesticides and oil-based paints at a hazardous waste collection from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 25, at Norway-Paris Solid Waste, 39 Brown St.
The collection will be free to residents of Norway, Paris, Otisfield and West Paris. Residents of other towns may be able to participate for free; check with your town office or the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments.
Residents of towns not participating in the free collection can pay at the door with cash or check. The cost is $27.50 for every 5 gallons of liquid waste or 20 pounds of dry waste, or a combination.
Last year, one-day collections throughout the AVCOG region disposed of more than 5,000 gallons of hazardous petroleum products, oil-based paints and related products, according to Fergus Lea, an environmental engineer at AVCOG. In 2010, residents of Norway, Paris and surrounding towns kept 1,320 gallons of household hazardous waste from contaminating the environment.
Household products labeled with “caution,” “warning,” “poison,” “corrosive,” “toxic,” “volatile,” “combustible,” “flammable” or “danger” should be taken to the collection when no longer needed. Smoke detectors are also accepted.
The collection will not accept latex paint, solar batteries (wet cell alkaline), ammunition or explosives.
For more information, contact AVCOG at 783-9186 or visit www.avcog.org. Residents are asked to bring their hazardous wastes to the event in original containers, if possible. Leaking containers can be placed in plastic bags or cardboard boxes.
Those not able to make this collection can contact AVCOG to learn of other events.
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