Household Hazardous Waste Truck Rolling into Sartell and Paynesville

(KNSI) — Stearns County’s Household Hazardous Waste truck will be in Sartell and Paynesville the next two Saturdays, collecting items that can’t be thrown in the garbage.

The truck stops at Sartell’s Riverview Intermediate School (627 3rd Avenue North) on April 18th from 8:00 a.m. to noon. It then rolls over to the Koronis Civic Arena in Paynesville (28780 Koronis Drive) from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on April 25th.

The truck takes in environmentally hazardous products such as paints, stains, fluorescent bulbs, car seats, pesticides, cleaners, batteries, old ammunition, lead tackle, Christmas lights, sharps, poisons, roofing tar, fuels, automotive fluids, sealers, garden chemicals, pool chemicals, adhesives, aerosols, solvents, mothballs, and mercury.

Items not accepted include used motor oil, antifreeze, explosives, furniture, household garbage, tires, medical waste, appliances, unknown products, or any business waste. The program is designed for household products only.

See the full list here.

Disposal is free and open to Stearns County households only through the county’s Environmental Services Department.

For those who can’t make it to a mobile event, the Waite Park facility accepts waste year-round.

The program processes up to 500,000 pounds of regulated waste and 100,000 fluorescent bulbs each year, collected from up to 10,000 households.

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