The Development Authority of the North Country will sponsor a free household hazardous waste collection day this fall to help residents in St. Lawrence County properly and safely dispose of certain hazardous materials. The free collection day in St. Lawrence County will be Sept. 27 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Massena at the village DPW garage, 85 Robinson Rd. Items such as leftover solvents, pesticides, pool chemicals, oil-based paints, latex paints, and aerosol cans that still have product in them will be accepted, as well as fluorescent light tubes. Leftover paint, both latex and oil-based, will be accepted and recycled. If you don’t want to wait for a collection event, residents can now recycle their unwanted paint year-round through a non-profit organization called Paint Care. Through the Paint Care program, several paint retailers – although not all – in the tri-county area will accept leftover paint for recycling. Check www.paintcare.org for details and locations. Empty paint cans of either type should be dried out and disposed of in the trash. The collection events are open to residential households only; waste will not be accepted from businesses, schools, farms or municipalities.
For a complete listing of what will and will not be accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days, visit https://www.northcountryrecycles.org/HouseholdHazardousWaste.