{"id":9551,"date":"2021-04-16T19:43:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T00:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/?p=9551"},"modified":"2021-04-16T19:44:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T00:44:29","slug":"framingham-household-hazardous-waste-day-saturday-may-1st-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2021\/04\/16\/home-garden\/framingham-household-hazardous-waste-day-saturday-may-1st-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Framingham Household Hazardous Waste Day Saturday, May 1st, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210501-hazardous-waste-day-787x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9553\" width=\"241\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210501-hazardous-waste-day-787x1024.png 787w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210501-hazardous-waste-day-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210501-hazardous-waste-day-115x150.png 115w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210501-hazardous-waste-day-768x999.png 768w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210501-hazardous-waste-day-300x390.png 300w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210501-hazardous-waste-day.png 812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FRAMINGHAM, MA<\/strong> -- The Framingham Department of Public Works (DPW) will host a <strong>Household Hazardous Waste Day<\/strong>, Saturday, <strong>May 1st 2021<\/strong>, at the DPW Operations Center, 100 Western Avenue, from <strong>9:00 a.m. to 1:00<\/strong> p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is open to all Framingham residents, and proof of residency and face coverings will be required to attend this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Household hazardous waste is banned from disposal in trash or recycling by state law. The Sanitation Division sponsors free annual household hazardous waste disposal events to all Framingham residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents are asked to bring their household hazardous waste items to be disposed of properly.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See lists below for which types of materials and items will <em>(or will not)<\/em> accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e0ffe0;color:#1fc003\"><strong>ACCEPTED HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE INCLUDES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-background wp-block-list\" style=\"background-color:#e0ffe0\"><li>Aerosol Paints<\/li><li>Bug Sprays<\/li><li>Caustic Cleaners\/Degreasers<\/li><li>Cleaning Solvents<\/li><li>Concentrated Fertilizers<\/li><li>Diesel Oil<\/li><li>Degreaser<\/li><li>Herbicides<\/li><li>Mercury-containing Devices<\/li><li>Oil, Enamel, or Lead-based Paints<\/li><li>Old Gasoline\/Kerosene<\/li><li>Paint Thinners<\/li><li>Pesticides<\/li><li>Photo Chemicals<\/li><li>Pool and Spa Chemicals<\/li><li>Rodent Poisons<\/li><li>Urethanes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/haz-waste-day.jpg\" alt=\"Framingham Hazardous Waste Day, May 1, 2021\" class=\"wp-image-9554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/haz-waste-day.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/haz-waste-day-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/haz-waste-day-150x65.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><figcaption>Framingham Hazardous Waste Day, May 1, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f8c4c4\"><strong>MATERIALS NOT ACCEPTED AT HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-background wp-block-list\" style=\"background-color:#ffe0e0\"><li>No latex paint - Latex paint is non-hazardous and may be dried out and disposed of with regular trash.<\/li><li>Radioactive waste including radioactive type smoke detectors (batteries can be removed and the smoke detector can be disposed of with regular trash)<\/li><li>Explosives<\/li><li>Gunpowder<\/li><li>Flares, Ammunition<\/li><li>PCB Oils<\/li><li>Bulk Chemicals\/Oil<\/li><li>Asbestos<\/li><li>Medical\/Biological Waste, including sharps<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffe0e0\"><strong>MEDICAL SHARPS<\/strong><br>Effective July 1, 2012, home medical sharps are banned from disposal in trash or recycling by state law. Home medical sharps include all use and unused\/unopened home sharps (hypodermic needles and lancets that result from personal use or use on pets- including Epipens. These items cannot be disposed of in the curbside program or at the recycling center.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For more information concerning Household Hazardous Waste Day, of other Framingham Public Works related question, visit the Framingham Public Works Department web page at: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.framinghamma.gov\/136\/Public-Works\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.framinghamma.gov\/136\/Public-Works<\/a> or visit <strong>Framingham Public Works Operations Center, 100 Western Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702<\/strong><\/em> or <em>phone: (508) 532-5600.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRAMINGHAM, MA &#8212; The Framingham Department of Public Works (DPW) will host a Household Hazardous Waste Day, Saturday, May 1st 2021, at the DPW Operations Center, 100 Western Avenue, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This event is open to all Framingham residents, and proof of residency and face coverings will be required to attend this event&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2021\/04\/16\/home-garden\/framingham-household-hazardous-waste-day-saturday-may-1st-2021\/\">[read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[99,2155,3483,1845,1850,791,969],"class_list":["post-9551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-garden","tag-dpw","tag-framingham-dpw","tag-hazardous-waste-day","tag-recycle-chemicals","tag-recycle-cleaning-products","tag-recycling","tag-trash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9556,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9551\/revisions\/9556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}