2009 Household Hazardous Waste Collection

We are pleased to report that the 2009 Household Hazardous Waste Day, held on October 24th, between 10 am and 2 pm at Johns Manville’s Carpenter Road plant was a resounding SUCCESS!!!

We unloaded a total of 379 vehicles and processed a total of 26,246 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.

Five (5) Counties Participated, below are how many participants per County

Defiance County – 276, Paulding County – 29, Fulton County – 28, Williams County – 26, Henry County – 20

TOTAL VEHICLES PROCESSED = 379

Items Recycled:

3500 ea	Non-flammable Paint Containers
9163 lbs	Flammable Liquids
1105 lbs	Fluorescent Lamps
6472 lbs	Televisions
1784 lbs	Computers Monitors
1391 lbs	Computer Peripherals
966 lbs	Copiers/Printers
1360 lbs	Lead Acid Batteries
1101 lbs	Nickel and Alkali Batteries
1510 lbs	Scrap Metal
7 lbs	Mercury

TOTAL HAZARDOUS WASTE PROCESSED: 24,859 lbs.

Thank you to all who contributed.

Jim Smargiassi, Environmental Manager Johns Manville Defiance Complex
Tim Houck, Environmental Director Defiance County