The Charles County Commissioners announce that household hazardous waste collection for 2007 begins on Saturday, April 7, and will continue
on the first Saturday of each month through December at the Charles County Sanitary Landfill on Billingsley Road East between Piney Church Road and Route 5. Collection hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Future collection dates are: May 5, June 2, July 7, August 4, September 1, October 6, November 3, and December 1.

Items accepted free of charge include pesticides, herbicides, fertilizer, gasoline, motor oil, antifreeze, paint, cleaning supplies, pool chemicals, batteries, expired prescription drugs, and other poisons that are around your house. Please keep the materials in their original containers whenever possible, and bring them to the collection site in cardboard boxes to ease unloading.

For more information, call the Charles County Department of Public Facilities at 301-932-3599 or 301-870-2778, or the landfill information service at 301-932-5656.