Household Hazardous Waste & E-Waste Collection Events On Saturday, March 29, 2008, the City of Benbrook will host a Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) & E-Waste Collection Event for BENBROOK residents from 9 to 11 AM at Benbrook Industrial Park, located off Winscott Road in the 7400 block of Benbrook Parkway (where Benbrook Parkway dead-ends).
Through an agreement with the Fort Worth Environmental Collection Center (ECC), the following HHW materials will be accepted: acids, aerosol cans, antifreeze, all batteries, brake fluid, craft & hobby materials, degreasers, drain cleaners, fertilizer, fluorescent lights, herbicides, household chemicals, motor oil, oil filters, paints/stains, paint thinners, pest strips, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, photo chemicals, pool chemicals, solvents, transmission fluid, and varnishes.
Cyclone Aluminum & Steel will also be on site to collect e-waste (electronic waste) such as computer monitors, keyboards, CPU’s, scanners, printers, printer cartridges, microwaves, lawnmowers, fax machines, phones, and cell phones.
The following materials cannot be accepted: ammunition, explosives, and medical waste, radioactive material (smoke detectors), waste generated by businesses, TVs, tires, propane and butane cylinders.
For safety and to make the collection of materials less costly and more efficient, please:
• Give usable products to someone who can use them.
• Keep chemicals in original containers; place broken / leaking containers in a second container of like material (i.e. glass for corrosives, metal for flammables).
• Label unmarked containers if contents are known.
• Use the trunk rather than the passenger compartment of a vehicle to transport chemicals.
IMPORTANT
1. A recent BENBROOK water bill must be shown as proof of residency.
2. Items will not be accepted until Fort Worth’s collection unit is set up and authorized staff are available to load and transfer items from vehicles to the collection unit (at 9 AM).
3. If the weight capacity of the collection unit is reached before 11 AM or if the event is rained out, vouchers to take HHW materials to the Fort Worth ECC will be available.
For more information, call Cathy Morris at 817-249-6008.
Take a BYTE out of Waste!
• E-waste is the fastest-growing segment of municipal solid waste.
• Over 2 million tons of e-waste is buried in landfills each year.
• About three billion units of consumer electronics will be will be scrapped during this decade.
• Computers can contain an average of four pounds of lead, as well as other potentially hazardous materials like chromium, cadmium, mercury, beryllium, nickel, zinc, and brominated flame retardants.
• Consumer electronics account for 40 percent of lead found in landfills.
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