Household Hazardous Waste

New! Household Hazardous Waste Drop Off Day - Saturday, May 17, 2008 (pdf format)

• Computer Recycling in Maine . The Law! What a homeowner should know? What a School or Business should know? The 3 R's, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
  
• Household Hazardous Waste Management - Issue Profile
  
• Household Hazardous Waste Fact Sheet
  
• How Can I Safely Dispose of Household Hazardous Wastes?
  
• Maine's New E-Waste Law. Requires manufacturers consumers and government to share responsibility for the recycling of computer monitors and televisions generated as wastes by households in Maine.
  
• Recycling. E-Waste Law, Household Hazardous Waste Information for Residents, Maine Oil Recycling Program (MORP), Motor Vehicle Recycling, Rechargeable Battery Recycling, Thermostat Recycling, Recyclers Training, Other related resources.
  
• Recycling Program for Mercury Containing Thermostats - Contractors, dealers and homeowners can now recycle thermostats through wholesalers.
  
• Recycling Program for Rechargeable Batteries - Some retail stores, community collection centers and businesses can accept your batteries for recycling
  
• Safer Chemicals in Consumer Products and Services
  
• Safe Homes
  
• Towns Organizing Household Hazardous Waste Collections
  
• Universal Waste - How other mercury containing devices, batteries, cathode ray tubes and light ballasts are handled and regulated

Related Links:

• Asbestos
• Household Products Database (Off-Site)
• Lead
• Maine Environmental Depot (Off-Site)
  

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