Hazardous Waste Collection Day set for June 6

VICKSBURG, Miss. (VDN) — It’s that time of year again…time to get rid of all your hazardous waste. The Warren County  Board of Supervisors in partnership with Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality have set the community clean up event to dispose of hazardous waste to be held Saturday, June 6, at Sherman Avenue School parking lot, 2145 Sherman Avenue.

The free event will be held from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., rain or shine, and aims to provide a proper disposal location for all the items which cannot be handled by typical waste management.

Examples of hazardous items to be accepted are as follows: batteries, used motor oil, antifreeze, insecticides, pesticides, aerosols, acids, flammable liquids, paint, computer equipment, l.p. cylinders, tv’s, ammunition, etc.

Examples of non-hazardous items to be accepted include tires, furniture, flags, and metals-appliances, brass, aluminum, copper, steel, and bi-metal cans.

The event will also provide free document shredding, but participants are asked to remove all staples, paperclips, binder clips and other metal objects.

The BOS urges residents and businesses to take advantage of the free program.