(Washington, DC) The DC Department of Public Works (DPW) will hold its fall household hazardous waste and electronics recycling drop-off day Saturday, October 27, from 9 am to 3 pm at the Trash Transfer Station at 3200 Benning Road, NE.

Residents may bring old cleaning and gardening chemicals; pesticides and poisons; acids, varnish and oil-based paints; solvents; aerosols; wood preservatives; spent batteries of all kinds; roofing tar; chemistry sets; automotive fluids, computer monitors, and TV screens to the collection site for free, environmentally safe disposal or recycling. Monitors and TV screens must be intact, not cracked, punctured or shattered.

What	Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Recycling Event
When	October 27, 2007, 9 am to 3 pm
Where	Trash Transfer Station at 3200 Benning Road, NE, Washington, DC  20019

Acceptable Items:

Pesticides Paints Drain Openers Old Medicine Antifreeze Cleansers Asbestos Tile Aerosols

Petroleum Products Batteries Solvents Wood Preservatives Used Oil Mercury Thermometers Fluorescent Light Bulbs Polishes

Moth Balls Brake Fluid Thinners Televisions & Video Equipment Computers & Components Small amounts of Gasoline

Unacceptable Items:

Dioxins Radioactives Explosives Propane Tanks Tires

Ammunition Biologically Active Wastes Microwave ovens Wooden TV Cabinets or Consoles Air Conditioners