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The Sierra Club - Washington, DC Chapter
Earth Day E-Cycling and Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Collection
Day
Date/time: Saturday, April 22, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Carter Barron Amphitheatre parking lot (16th and Kennedy Streets
NW)
Description:
As part of the District’s Earth Day celebration, the DC Department of
Public Works (DPW) will hold its spring e-cycling and household hazardous
waste disposal event Saturday, April 22, from 9 am to 3 pm at the Carter
Barron Amphitheatre parking lot at 16th and Kennedy Streets, NW. This
drop-off service is free and open to all District residents. DC residents
can bring the following items to the collection site for environmentally
safe disposal, such as leftover cleaning and gardening chemicals, small
quantities of gasoline, pesticides and poisons, mercury thermometers,
varnish, solvents, spent batteries of all kinds, roofing tar, chemistry
sets, automotive fluids, and even asbestos floor tiles. Additionally, an
electronics recycler will be onsite to take end-of-life consumer
electronics, including computers, computer monitors and other accessories,
televisions, and office equipment. These machines will be broken down into
their component parts (plastic, glass, toxic/heavy metals) and recycled or
disposed of safely. Items that will not be accepted during the Household
Hazardous Waste and Electronics Recycling Collection include ammunition,
bulk trash, wooden TV consoles, propane tanks, microwave ovens, air
conditioners and other appliances, as well as radioactive or medical
wastes.
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