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Household Hazardous Waste }GStoryl' mds: Many household prodnds yon use to - clean your kitchenand bathroom , mzintainyour carand _ home, and control animal and insect pests contain hazardous materials. If use or store these products carelessly, you an 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 Oil ARcsewlle residsm uses the Ramsey County began a HEW collection program in 1992. seasonal HHwone The County pays Bay West to operate a year round colleen non site at5 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 FEW for free The County pays for collection and processing of HEW 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 Spraycars — but not 8 empty Used antlfteeze 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 paint 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 goo d Five percent of multi family complex residents used the seasonal site and 100% said the s ewice was excellent or goo d 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 Pau( and White Bear Cake 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 HEW to the collection site in the adjacent county. 48