(KLZA)-- The Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments will again sponsor Household Hazardous Waste collections.

The Holt County Commissioners in partnership with Nodaway County, and funded by a grant from the Northwest Missouri Solid Waste Management District, are the sponsors. 

Saturday, April 2, from 8 a-m until noon, a collection event will be held at the Holt County Road and Bridge Barn, located at 800, East Nodaway Street in Oregon, Missouri. Residents of Holt, Atchison, Gentry, Nodaway and Worth Counties may participate.  The same counties may also take part in a collection event on Saturday, April 9 from 8 a-m until noon in Maryville.

No electronics, latex paint or alkaline batteries will be accepted.  Dry latex paint and alkaline batteries are not considered hazardous waste.  Electronics may be recycled by private enterprises in the region. 

The free collections will accept household hazardous products used for cleaning, painting, lubricating and disinfecting the house, yard, workshop and garage. The average American collects more than 100 pounds of hazardous products by simply storing it in their basements, closets or garage.  

When these types of products are discarded in storm drains, household garbage or sinks, they endanger the community and environment.

Examples of household hazardous waste items include chemicals such as bleach, amonia and cleaners, fertilizers, pesticides, brake fluid, transmission fluid, household waxes, ni-cad, lithium and lead acid batteries, compact fluorescent light bulbs, fluorescent tubes, mercury, antifreeze, oil base paint and varnish.

These items should not be mixed together, and should be kept in their original containers.  

Items that will not be accepted include motor oil, syringes, prescription medicines, compressed gas cylinders, smoke detectors, commercial waste, radioactive waste, explosive waste, latex paint, alkaline batteries and unknown wastes.

On Saturday, April 9th a collection point will be held at the Nodaway County Maintenance Barn in Maryville, Missouri located at 1516 East Halsey Street.

You will need an I.D. to take leave items at the collection sites.