Residents Encouraged to Drop Off Household Hazardous Waste

(New Orleans, LA) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will conduct a two-day special collection of household hazardous waste from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, December 3-4, 2005. Residents may bring hazardous waste products discarded from their homes to the agency's Samuel Square drop-off site, located at the intersection of Napoleon Avenue and S. Saratoga Street..

Household hazardous waste includes items like bleach and other cleaning solutions, propane, batteries, paints and containers of other household chemicals.

The Samuel Square collection site can only accept hazardous waste.

Residents may discard electronic goods, including TVs and computers, at the Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd. in Kenner, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 3, 2005.

This collection supplements EPA's ongoing collection of waste throughout the city. The agency collects curbside waste daily, an operation that takes between seven and nine days to cycle through all neighborhoods.

For more information about the collection of household hazardous waste, call 1-800-887-6063.