Public Works Director David E. Scott today announced the dates for the Bureau of Solid Waste’s Fall 2009 Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off.
Saturday and Sunday, October 10th and 11th, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute parking lot, Falls Road and Cold Spring Lane. Citizens are advised to use the Cold Spring Lane entrance to the lot.
Baltimore City residents can dispose of paint, pesticides, herbicides, car and household batteries, propane tanks, drain cleaner, gasoline, pool chemicals and many other hazardous items.
Materials that will not be collected include mixed refuse, unknown or unlabeled materials, acids, asbestos, ammunition, explosives, fire extinguishers, fireworks, industrial and medical wastes, acetylene tanks, small propane cylinders and radioactive materials, including smoke alarms with a radioactive symbol and mercury (thermometers or switches).
Proof of city residency, e.g. a driver's license, telephone bill or tax bill, is required to drop off items. Residents must also be able to identify the material.
For additional information, please call 311.
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