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We at the Solid Waste Authority would like to extend a big 'thank you' to all who came out to participate in this collection. As the numbers from the collection come in, we'll be posting them here so that all can see what was collected.

On Saturday, June 10th, a total of 240 vehicles brought HHW from 264 households. A total of 20,831 lbs of material was collected over the 4-hour collection. A breakdown of the material is as follows:

Bulk Fuels	1,300
Bulk Paint	11,513
Bulk Used Oil	986
Antifreeze	228
Corrosive Acids	263
Corrosive Bases	197
Flammables	498
Pesticides	934
Oxidizers	74
Poisons	60
Reactive Solids	12
Aerosols	840
Batteries, Lead Acid	2,493
Batteries, Dry Cell	457
Batteries, Ni Cd	45
Mercury	39
Household Cleaners	345
Putty, Adhesives	425
Aluminum Paint	122
Total:	20,831

So far, the Southwest PA HHW Task Force has seen 9,645 participants drop off 854,652lbs of HHW!
Fantastic!!

Click here to see the results from our first ever HHW Collection on June 4th, 2005!

If you've missed this year's collection, we do plan on holding another next year.
For more details, or to find out how to get rid of a lot of your items, please peruse this site or
call the Solid Waste Authority at 814-472-2109, or toll-free at 1-877-2-DROP-IT-off.

This page last modified 8-08-06.