Talking Trash

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Paint giveaway mentioned on Craigslist

This morning, someone posted an "offer" for the free paint we have at the Shady Grove Transfer Station to the "free items" section of Craigslist.  Thanks for the publicity! 

The paint comes from residents who bring it to our Household Hazardous Waste drop-off program.  Instead of disposing of it, we are pleased to offer the full cans we receive back to you for reuse.

Latex/water-based paint is not a hazardous waste.  In fact, it is very expensive for us to handle it as such.  We found that paint disposal was taking a significant amount of money from our hazardous waste budget.  The free paint program is one way for us to more cost-effectively handle the paint brought to us.  That leaves more money available for processing the materials which truly do need special disposal.

It's easy to dispose of  the leftovers from your latex painting projects at home.  Details to follow in my next post...