MONROE - Green County will be offering another Clean Sweep Hazardous Materials Collection Program for county farmers and residents starting started Monday and runs through Oct. 31. The Clean Sweep collection site is at the Green County Landfill, W2002 County S, Brodhead.
The Clean Sweep program is an opportunity to dispose of banned products or supplies damaged by moisture or contamination. This will be the 10th year that Green County has offered a Clean Sweep Collection Program. A total of more than 115,000 pounds of hazardous material has been collected through the previous collections in Green County.
All Green County residents may dispose of materials at the landfill during normal business hours from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays and from 8 a.m. to noon on the first Saturday of each month. Although city of Monroe residents no longer are allowed to take their trash or recyclables to the Green County landfill, they still are allowed to dispose of their hazardous materials through this program.
Farmers will be able to dispose of up to 200 pounds and homeowners can dispose of up to 50 pounds of hazardous materials free of charge without pre-registering. Farmers and homeowners wishing to dispose of more than these amounts need to pre-register by calling the Green County landfill at 608-897-8605. All items should be properly identified and materials will be accepted only by authorized personnel during normal business hours.
Examples of hazardous items that will be accepted include: Oven cleaners, spot removers and drain cleaners; herbicides like Atrazine, Round-up, Banvel, 2,4-D, Silvex, brush killers and many others; insecticides including Diazinon, DDT, Chlordane, Thimet, Furadan, Sevin and others; fungicides including Captan; lead, marine and auto paint, solvents, animal health products, mercury, degreasers, roofing tar, wood finishes, oil-based paint and stains, hydraulic fluid, pool chemicals, old gasoline, paint strippers, and cadmium and lithium batteries.
Items that will not be accepted include tires, latex paint, firearms and ammunition, Freon 11 and 12 radioactive material, compressed gas cylinders, yard waste, antifreeze, fluorescent tubes, recyclable materials or biological wastes.
Latex paint can be safely disposed of in the regular garbage as long as it is hardened. If small amounts of latex or oil based paint are left, open the can and let it dry out in a well-ventilated area. Once it has hardened, it can safely be put into the regular garbage. For large amounts of leftover paint, purchase a hardener at paint stores to put in the paint that will harden the entire amount. Another option is to line a box with a plastic bag, add kitty litter or other absorbent material, pour the paint over the material, let it dry and then place the bag into the regular garbage.
Only Green County residents can participate in this program. For more information on the 2017 collection program, visit the UW-Extension website at http://green.uwex.edu or call the Green County UW-Extension Office at 608-328-9440.
The Clean Sweep program is an opportunity to dispose of banned products or supplies damaged by moisture or contamination. This will be the 10th year that Green County has offered a Clean Sweep Collection Program. A total of more than 115,000 pounds of hazardous material has been collected through the previous collections in Green County.
All Green County residents may dispose of materials at the landfill during normal business hours from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays and from 8 a.m. to noon on the first Saturday of each month. Although city of Monroe residents no longer are allowed to take their trash or recyclables to the Green County landfill, they still are allowed to dispose of their hazardous materials through this program.
Farmers will be able to dispose of up to 200 pounds and homeowners can dispose of up to 50 pounds of hazardous materials free of charge without pre-registering. Farmers and homeowners wishing to dispose of more than these amounts need to pre-register by calling the Green County landfill at 608-897-8605. All items should be properly identified and materials will be accepted only by authorized personnel during normal business hours.
Examples of hazardous items that will be accepted include: Oven cleaners, spot removers and drain cleaners; herbicides like Atrazine, Round-up, Banvel, 2,4-D, Silvex, brush killers and many others; insecticides including Diazinon, DDT, Chlordane, Thimet, Furadan, Sevin and others; fungicides including Captan; lead, marine and auto paint, solvents, animal health products, mercury, degreasers, roofing tar, wood finishes, oil-based paint and stains, hydraulic fluid, pool chemicals, old gasoline, paint strippers, and cadmium and lithium batteries.
Items that will not be accepted include tires, latex paint, firearms and ammunition, Freon 11 and 12 radioactive material, compressed gas cylinders, yard waste, antifreeze, fluorescent tubes, recyclable materials or biological wastes.
Latex paint can be safely disposed of in the regular garbage as long as it is hardened. If small amounts of latex or oil based paint are left, open the can and let it dry out in a well-ventilated area. Once it has hardened, it can safely be put into the regular garbage. For large amounts of leftover paint, purchase a hardener at paint stores to put in the paint that will harden the entire amount. Another option is to line a box with a plastic bag, add kitty litter or other absorbent material, pour the paint over the material, let it dry and then place the bag into the regular garbage.
Only Green County residents can participate in this program. For more information on the 2017 collection program, visit the UW-Extension website at http://green.uwex.edu or call the Green County UW-Extension Office at 608-328-9440.