Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event
2010 Results
We are pleased to report that the 2010 Household Hazardous Waste Day, held on September 25th, between 10 am and 2 pm at Johns Manville’s Carpenter Road plant was a resounding SUCCESS!!!
We unloaded a total of 144 vehicles and processed a total of 24,021 lbs. of hazardous waste. This simply demonstrates what a benefit this service is to the local community and why this day is so important.
Thank you to the following sponsors of this event: Johns Manville in Defiance, Lafarge Corporation of Paulding, ERG of Bowling Green, Defiance College, Phillips Services Corporation of Toledo, and the Defiance County Environmental Services Office.
Special thanks to the Defiance College Men’s Baseball Team who’s members volunteered and provided the manual labor for unloading, opening and disposing of the waste that was dropped off.
Four (4) Counties Participated, below are how many participants per County
Defiance County – 121,
Paulding County – 6,
Fulton County – 4,
Williams County – 13
TOTAL VEHICLES PROCESSED = 144
Items recycled:
| 10,400 lbs | Non-flammable Paint Containers |
| 4800 lbs | Flammable Liquids |
| 900 lbs | Antifreeze |
| 900 lbs | Used Oil |
| 233 lbs | Fluorescent Lights |
| 4544 lbs | Computer Equipment |
| 1216 lbs | Lead Acid Batteries |
| 107 lbs | Nickel and Alkali Batteries |
| 1280 lbs | Scrap Metal |
| 1 lbs | Mercury |
TOTAL HAZARDOUS WASTE PROCESSED: 24,021 lbs.
Thank you to all who contributed.
Jim Smargiassi, Environmental Manager Johns Manville Defiance Complex
Tim Houck, Environmental Director of Defiance County
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