Registration open for hazardous waste drop-off
A Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event will be held 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 30 at Northampton Community College, 3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem Township. The event will be held rain or shine. This event is only for Northampton County residents; online pre-registration is required. For the safety of staff, you must enter from the campus’s main entrance on Green Pond Road. Registration for the event is open. County residents may sign up for one appointment per household. Sign-ups are on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration often reaches capacity quickly, so residents are encouraged to register promptly and open an account with Eventbrite (www. eventbrite.com) before registration begins. To register, go to www. eventbrite.com/e/household-hazardous-waste-drop-off-event-tickets-680917481517?aff=oddtdtcreator.
Appointment times are in 15-minute increments. User instructions are available on the County’s Household Hazardous Waste webpage. After successfully registering, a confirmation email will be sent by Eventbrite with a printable ticket attachment. If you need to change your confirmed time, you must delete or cancel your appointment on Eventbrite and re-register. There is no guarantee that an appointment will still be available if you cancel. Those who show up without an appointment will be turned away.
Acceptable waste must be generated in the home and not affiliated with any commercial business, contractor, nonprofit, organization, institution, or out-of-county residence. Staff has the right to determine and refuse unauthorized material.
To be admitted to the event, each participant must: show a printed ticket from Eventbrite or display the confirmation email on their smart phone, show proof of residency matching the contact information used for registration, arrive within their scheduled timeframe, not before or after, only drop off accepted materials, and only 30 gallons and 80 pounds of solid waste will be accepted per vehicle. This is a no-contact event which means drivers must remain inside their vehicles upon arrival. Material must be accessible from the trunk, cargo area or bed of a truck. Event staff will remove all items from those locations.
Acceptable materials include paint products, automotive fluids, outdoor products (pesticides, herbicides, driveway sealers, pool chemicals, etc.), and household products (lead acid car batteries, rechargeable, lithium or button type household batteries, fire extinguishers, flammables, adhesives, aerosols, etc.)
Unacceptable materials include electronics, appliances, Freon, scrap metal, explosives, ammunition, radioactive waste, fireworks, smoke/carbon monoxide protectors, medical waste, sharps, latex paint, alkaline batteries, gas cylinders and helium tanks. For a full list of unacceptable materials. go to www.northamptoncounty.org/ PUBWRKS/ENVSVC/Pages/HHW. aspx.