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Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program
Bring
your household hazardous wastes to one of the following scheduled collection
events!
What should I do with leftover paint?
To
properly dispose of leftover paint the following are the recommended
disposal options.
Reduce
First
- Buy only what you need and return any unopened cans. If you are at
the end of a job and realize you need only a small amount to finish,
exchange the unopened can for a smaller quantity.
Reuse
If you do have leftover paint, use it as an undercoat, second coat,
touch-ups, projects (fences, birdhouses, basements), offer it to a friend
or neighbor, OR donate leftover paint to community groups, schools,
local theater group, recreation department, sign painter, etc.
Recycle
Useable leftover latex paints can be blended together to
produce a gray or beige paint. Oil-based paints may also be mixed together.
DO NOT MIX OIL-BASED PAINT AND LATEX PAINT.
Dispose of Paints Safely and Properly
Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia
counties are working together to help rid the environment of Household
Hazardous Waste (HHW). If dates in Bucks County are not convenient,
you may participate in any of the above counties' collection events.
For additional dates and information call Southeastern Pennsylvania
Regional HHW Hotline at 800-346-4242.
Latex Paint
Latex Paint is not a hazardous waste! Latex
paints are water-based and are a safer alternative than oil-based paints.
But if the paint is unusable and you must get rid of it, there are things
you can do. The goal is to simply get the latex paint (which is water-based)
into a non-liquid form. This can be done in one of two ways:
1. Let it air dry
Lift off the lid, place the can away from Children and pets, and
allow the water content of the paint to evaporate. Once it does, the
semi-dry to dry paint left in the bottom of the can me be placed in
a plastic trash bag and disposed in your regular waste pick-up.
2. Mix it with "kitty litter"
or other absorbent
If it takes too long to evaporate the water content, you can mix
the paint with an absorbent (clay based kitty litter, vermiculite, shredded
newspaper, or shop "oil-dry" absorbent). This can be done
in the paint can itself if you have only a quart or so in the can, or
in a plastic tray. Mix 2 to 4 cups of absorbent into each quart of paint.
After the absorbent has soaked up the paint and it is no longer a liquid,
dump it onto a couple layers of newspaper, wrap it up and place it in
a plastic trash bag and dispose of it in your regular waste pick-up.
If you mixed the absorbent into the paint right in the can, simply place
the open can and its non-liquid contents into a trash bag for disposal.
Oil-Based Paint
Save oil-based paint
for one of the following Household Hazardous Waste Collection events
scheduled in 2008:
Each event will take place rain or shine from
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Lower Bucks Area |
May 3, 2008 |
Lower Makefield Corporatae Center - South 770
Township Line Road - 2/10 mile south of Stony Hill Road - Lower
Makefield Township |
Upper Bucks Area |
June 21, 2008 |
Upper Bucks County Area Vo-Tech School,
3115 Ridge Road - Bedminster Township |
Middle Bucks Area |
July 19, 2008 |
Middle Bucks Institute of Technology, 2740 Old York Road (Route
263) - Warwick Township |
Lower Bucks Area |
August 16, 2008 |
Bucks County Technical High School, 610 Wistar Road - Bristol
Township |
Upper Bucks Area |
September 27, 2008 |
Quakertown Area Community Pool, 601 W. Mill Street - Quakertown
Borough |
This program is a community service of Bucks County
Board of Commissioners and participating municipalities and is not
open to business or industry.
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