On Feb 13, 4:39*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
RicodJour wrote:

What do you do with your waste batteries, oil, paints, pesticides,
medicines, etc? *It's no big deal to have a hazardous material
recycling container and deal with the stuff appropriately. *Within a
couple or three years there will be a light bulb deposit instituted.
Might as well get in the habit now.

Some do the following:

* Batteries - sold for lead scrap
* Oil - lubricate the storm drains
* Paints - in the trash
* Pesticides - leave in schoolyard at midnight (same with refrigerators,
dented propane tanks, etc.)
* Medicines - in the trash or toilet

Some people do not understand what the city's "Solid Waste Disposal"
department is supposed to do. If the item is "solid" and is "waste" the city
presumably knows how to "dispose" of it. Some people, again, hold that when
the city is incapable, incompetent, or unable, the fix belongs to the city.

OMG! Never , NEvER" medicines in the toilet"!!! There is so much
research put there about the disastrous consequences to wildlife of
flushing, e.g. hormones and other human medicine down the toilet.
Altered sexual characteristics of marine wildlife; interference with
reproductive processes; general harm to the organism. Medicines
should be neither flushed down the toilet nor placed in the trash.
They should be disposed of in a toxic waste center. If there is
really, really no such facility available to you, suggest you contact
the doctor's office to arrange for disposal.

No point in commenting on the rest of the "suggestions" list above!

HB