ADVISORY/City of Bellflower to Host Regional Household Hazardous Waste & E-Waste Roundup.News Editors/City Desks/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Saturday (Nov. 8) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Items Such as Paint, Used Motor Oil, Automobile Fluids, Household Cleaning Products, Old Television Sets and Computer Monitors Accepted; Saturday, November 8th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The City of Bellflower bellflower, in botany bellflower or bluebell, name commonly used as a comprehensive term for members of the Campanulaceae, a family of chiefly herbaceous annuals or perennials of wide distribution, characteristically found on dry , in conjunction with the County of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , will present a regional Household Hazardous Waste Household hazardous waste (HHW) is the term for common household chemicals and substances for which the owner no longer has a use. Exhibiting many of the same dangerous characteristics as fully regulated hazardous waste, HHW is not regulated by the EPA. & E-Waste Roundup on Saturday, November 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Simms Park, 16614 S. Clark Avenue, in Bellflower. Items such as paint, used motor oil, automobile fluids and household cleaning products are accepted, in addition to old television sets and computer monitors, which are also considered hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. . Open to all residents in L.A. County, the event is a joint program sponsored by the City of Bellflower and the County of Los Angeles in support of Project Pollution Prevention. For more information or story assistance, contact the Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. Office at 562-804-1424, extension 2278, log onto www.bellflower.org, or call the County's toll-free info line at (888) CLEAN-LA. |
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