FREE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION EVENT JUNE 18, 2016

PASADENA, Calif.—Safely dispose of household hazardous waste and unused electronics at the annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection event, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 18, 2016, near Brookside Park at 1001 Rose Bowl Dr.  The free event is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works in cooperation with the City’s Department of Public Works.

Household hazardous waste and e-waste collection sites will be arranged at different stations, so follow the signs.  Motorists are advised to use caution while traveling through the area and to follow instructions given by event staff.

No document shredding will not be provided at this event.  The next document shredding event by the City’s Department of Public Works, www.cityofpasadena.net/PublicWorks, will be held Sept. 3, 2016, so mark your calendars now for that popular service event.

Household hazardous waste items include used motor oil, oil filters, antifreeze, automobile and household batteries, paint, brake fluid, paint thinner, cleaners with acid or lye, pesticides or herbicides, expired pharmaceuticals and fluorescent light bulbs.

E-waste items include computers, keyboards, printers, monitors, laptops, docking stations, scanners, shredders, fax machines, computer mice, telephones, televisions, flat screens, VCRs, DVD players, PDAs, cassette players, tape drives, stereos and household batteries.  Many of these products have parts that can be recycled.

No explosives, radioactive materials, trash and tires, controlled substances and household appliances allowed.

The public can bring a maximum of 15 gallons or 125 pounds of household hazardous waste.  There is no limit for the amount of e-waste the public can recycle.

For more information about the Los Angeles County hazardous waste disposal program, call (888) Clean LA, (888) 253-2652, or (800) 238-0172.

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NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: William H. Boyer, Pasadena Public Information Officer, City Manager’s Office, (626) 744-4755, wboyer@cityofpasadena.net