County plans hazardous waste collection event

EPHRATA — Grant County Solid Waste invites businesses and agencies that generate small amounts of hazardous waste to participate in a disposal opportunity on Friday, Sept. 25, at the Grant County Road District No. 2 shop near Moses Lake.

Although there is a fee for this disposal opportunity, participants often see a reduced cost, according to a press release. The business or agency must be a small-quantity generator to participate. To be a small-quantity generator, the business or agency must generate less than 220 pounds per month and accumulate less than 2,200 pounds of hazardous waste before disposing of the waste. A business must also accumulate less than 2.2 pounds of acutely hazardous waste per month or batch.

Examples of hazardous waste include spent fluorescent light tubes, paint thinner, oil-based paint, solvents, aerosols, corrosives, pesticides, poisons and oxidizers, according to a press release.

Call Grant County Solid Waste at 754-6082, ext. 3508, to request an application packet or more information. To participate in this event, businesses and agencies must register before Sept. 17.