Saturday, June 4th brough
Cambria County's first Household Hazardous Waste Collection
to the CTC parking lot in Johnstown, PA. Even before the event began,
cars were beginning
to come through the lines to drop off household chemicals of all sorts.
Here are the tallies from the day's collection - proof that the event
was a success!
Non-Agricultural
Materials
Pounds
Flammable
Liquids
1,196
Flammable Solids
1,774
Oxidizing Liquids,
Corrosive
126
Inorganic Acids
137
Inorganic Bases
206
Mercury
12
Alkaline Batteries
56
Nickel-Cadmium
Batteries
8
Asbestos
92
Antifreeze
493
Latex Paint
3,571
Organic Peroxides
6
Flammable Solids
(Labpack)
7
Petroleum Gases
10
Flourescent
Lamps
5,847
Flammable Liquids
(Bulked)
1,279
Aerosols
515
Motor Oils
515
Subtotal
15,860
Agricultural
Chemicals
Pesticide Liquids
487
Pesticide Solids
196
Oxidizing Solids
(Weed-n-Feed)
42
Aerosols
132
Subtotal
857
Total
16,717
#
of vehicles
268
#
of participants*
313
*Number of participants
refers to number of households bringing materials to collection.
Some vehicles contained materials from more than one household.
