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Household Hazardous Waste

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Set for This Week

County expanding program in the wake of Superstorm Sandy

Ocean County residents will be able to drop off household hazardous waste this week at several locations countywide. The county traditionally holds household hazardous waste collections in the fall and spring, but expanded the program this year in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. "In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and with so many homes having suffered water damage resulting in houses being emptied out in order to begin repairs, there is need for these additional collection days,” said Freeholder James F. Lacey in a statement Monday. "All those aerosol cans, cleaning products and a host of other products that were under sinks and in garages and basements can be dropped off at the county’s collection sites starting in December." The …

Bricktown Lew

12:49 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012

I hope there will be some sort of DPW or recycling attendants or police/fire there or I see a big disaster in the making at the Brick High School. If people couldn't even obey a state of emergency and traffic ban, then I can only imagine the toxic mess that will happen at the high school with people dumping dangerous chemicals haphazardly over there! The number one way to fight any disaster is …   more ›

Friday, September 16, 2011

County Schedules Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Dates

Items can be brought to sites in Toms River, Manchester, Stafford, Brick and Jackson

Household hazardous waste will be collected again this fall at five locations in Ocean County, according to Freeholder James F. Lacey. The goal of the county's annual waste collection program is to keep poisons stored around homes out of the Ocean County Landfill in Manchester Township, and out of the environment, he explained. Operated for years by the county’s Department of Solid Waste Management, the free program allows homeowners to get rid of the poisons by turning them over to a firm that specializes in disposal. Last year, homeowners turned in 167,000 pounds of waste. The county will pay 40 cents a pound to get rid of the poisons during the October collections, Lacey explained. Registration is required to take part in the program. …

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