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Household Hazardous Waste History/Trends: Many household products you use to clean your kitchen and bathroom, maintain your car and home, and control animal and insect pests contain hazardous materials. If you use or store these products carelessly, you can make your family and yourself sick. If you dispose of them improperly, you can harm waste disposal workers, water quality and wildlife. When these products are no longer needed or useful, they are considered household hazardous waste (HHW). A Roseville resident uses the Ramsey County began a HHW collection program in 1992. seasonal HHW site. The County pays Bay West to operate a year-round collec- tion site at 5 Empire Drive in St. Paul that opened March 25, 2000 and seasonal collection sites in various cities. One of those seasonal sites is on Kent Street in Roseville. Residents may drop off HHW for free. The County pays for collection and processing of HHW. Waste collection and disposal is funded by the waste management service charge, which is paid with your property tax. Among the items collected are: Fluorescent lamps Pesticides - weed or bug killer Mercury vapor lamps Rat or mouse poison Old gasoline Mercury thermometers, thermostats, switches, etc. Spray cans — but not if empty Used antifreeze Paint — but not if dried Used motor oil and oil filters Paint stripper Wood preservatives and stains Paint thinner and other solvents ...and other products labeled poisonous, flammable, or corrosive. Items such as old pain� go to Amazon Environmental in Roseville to be blended into new paint. Flammable liquids are sent to a company that blends the liquids into a fuel. Ramsey County and Bay West find markets to recycle or properly dispose of all materials collected by either recycling it, blending it for use as fuel or incinerating it. Companies that receive the material must be inspected annually to make sure they operate in compliance with State and Federal laws. In a 2002 survey of Roseville homeowners, 42% of homeowners said they used the seasonal site and 94% of those residents said the service was excellent or good. Thirteen percent of homeowners said they used the year-round site in St. Paul (that has only been open two years) and 96% of them said the service was excellent or good. Five percent of multi-family complex residents used the seasonal site and 100% said the service was excellent or good. Seven percent used the year-round site and 100% said the service was eXCellent or good. Roseville residents are allowed to use any of the Ramsey County seasonal sites that include: Maplewood, Shoreview, Pleasant Avenue in St. Paul, and White Bear Lake. They may also use collection sites in other metro area counties, but the counties discourage that unless someone lives in a border community and it is more convenient for that person to take their HHW to the collection site in the adjacent county. .•