Stearns County Hazardous Waste Truck Coming to St. Martin April 15th

(KNSI) — Stearns County’s Household Hazardous Waste truck will be in St. Martin this week, collecting items that can’t be thrown in the garbage.

The truck stops at St. Martin Church on Wednesday, April 15th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., taking 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.

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

The next mobile collection event is on April 25th in Paynesville. 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.

Learn more here.

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