{"id":15335,"date":"2013-08-31T07:48:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T14:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=15335"},"modified":"2013-08-31T07:48:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T14:48:48","slug":"household-hazardous-waste-roundup-today-until-2pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=15335","title":{"rendered":"Household Hazardous Waste Roundup Today Until 2PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hazmat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15336\" title=\"hazmat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hazmat-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hazmat-300x221.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hazmat-150x110.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hazmat-700x517.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hazmat.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Posted 8\/31\/13 &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>This year\u2019s event will be held this\u00a0<strong>Saturday, August 31st<\/strong>\u00a0at the Mariposa Avenue Parking Lot. From 9:00am to 2:00pm, residents are welcome to bring their household hazardous waste and electronic waste items for proper disposal at no charge.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored jointly by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts and the Department of Public Works. The Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Program gives Los Angeles County residents a legal and cost free way to dispose of unwanted household chemicals that cannot be disposed of in the regular trash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">THINGS WE WANT YOU TO BRING&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Motor Oil, Antifreeze, Paint, Paint Thinner. \u00a0Turpentine, Cleaners with Acids or Lye. \u00a0Pesticides and Herbicides. \u00a0Household and Car Batteries. \u00a0Old Computers and Television Sets. \u00a0Sharps or Used Needles. \u00a0Expired Pharmaceuticals and Mercury Thermometers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">THINGS WE DON&#8217;T WANT YOU TO BRING&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Explosives, Ammunition or Radioactive materials. \u00a0Waste from Businesses will NOT be accepted. \u00a0Trash or Old Tires. \u00a0White Goods such as Washers, Stoves, Refrigerators or Air Conditioners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">HOW TO PREPARE&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">In general there is a limit of 15 gallons or 125 lbs. per vehicle. \u00a0Bring items in a sturdy box, preferably in their original labeled containers. \u00a0Be prepared to leave your containers. \u00a0Do not mix products together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">The Mariposa Parking Lot is located south of the downtown businesses on W. Sierra Madre Blvd., between S. Hermosa Ave. and S. Baldwin Ave. For additional information contact the Public Works Department at 626-355-7135 or the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts at 888-CLEAN-LA. You can also visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/rclick.php?d=PpJYgA__NbBGRFSGpyT4CE1o22ZLTFhl&amp;w=2&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.CleanLA.com\">www.CleanLA.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted 8\/31\/13 &#8211;\u00a0This year\u2019s event will be held this\u00a0Saturday, August 31st\u00a0at the Mariposa Avenue Parking Lot. From 9:00am to 2:00pm, residents are welcome to bring their household hazardous waste and electronic waste items for proper&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15335"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}