CENTERTON -- The Benton County Solid Waste District will open its household hazardous waste disposal center after two years of planning and construction.
The district's board heard an update on the new facility last month. Wendy Cravens, district director, said the building has been completed, all the needed permits obtained and a grand opening scheduled for 11 a.m. April 12. The facility is at the Solid Waste District, 5702 Brookside Road at the corner of Brookside Road and Daisy Road.
The district has worked on the facility for two years, Cravens said. The 40-by-60-foot building features a drive-through household hazardous waste drop-off and will accept electronic waste, she said.
Most of the waste delivered to the facility is placed in 55- gallon drums for disposal. Some items, she said, may be made available for re-use by the public.
"If a product is in its original container and the label is fully legible with all of the warnings and instructions and it's at least half full, we will make it available to citizens for free," she said.
The district offered a similar re-use program in the past when it contracted for household hazardous waste disposal, and the program was very popular, Cravens said.
The new facility will open to the public from 8 a.m. to noon April 12.
Normal operating hours will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Thursday and from 8 a.m. to noon on the second Saturday of each month, Cravens said.
General News on 04/09/2014