MONROE - Green County Emergency Management is reminding residents of the safe ways to deposit hazardous products, which include unused pesticides, insecticides and fertilizers.
Hazardous products can be taken to the Clean Sweep site located at the Green County Landfill, W2002 County SS, Brodhead. The Clean Sweep site is open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to noon on the first Saturday of the month. The site will close for the season on Thursday, Oct. 31.
More information on the Clean Sweep is available at green.uwex.edu/2013/01/17/2013-green-county-clean-sweep/.
Tanna McKeon, Green County Emergency Management director, said citizens should properly store all lawn and household products safely and out of the reach of children and pets. There are thousands of common household products that contain at least one hazardous substance. These products include cleaners, automotive fluids, medicine, paint products, pool chemicals, lawn and garden care products, and some beauty products.
For more information on poison prevention tips, visit www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/hometip or www.wisconsinpoison.org. More information is also available by contacting the Wisconsin Poison 24-hour information line at 800-222-1222.
Green County Emergency Management, 2827 6th St., also has brochures on safe storage of chemicals and other emergency planning. For more information, contact the department at 608-328-9416.
Hazardous products can be taken to the Clean Sweep site located at the Green County Landfill, W2002 County SS, Brodhead. The Clean Sweep site is open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to noon on the first Saturday of the month. The site will close for the season on Thursday, Oct. 31.
More information on the Clean Sweep is available at green.uwex.edu/2013/01/17/2013-green-county-clean-sweep/.
Tanna McKeon, Green County Emergency Management director, said citizens should properly store all lawn and household products safely and out of the reach of children and pets. There are thousands of common household products that contain at least one hazardous substance. These products include cleaners, automotive fluids, medicine, paint products, pool chemicals, lawn and garden care products, and some beauty products.
For more information on poison prevention tips, visit www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/hometip or www.wisconsinpoison.org. More information is also available by contacting the Wisconsin Poison 24-hour information line at 800-222-1222.
Green County Emergency Management, 2827 6th St., also has brochures on safe storage of chemicals and other emergency planning. For more information, contact the department at 608-328-9416.