Residents who missed the May 22 North Oakland Household Hazardous Waste (NO HAZ) drop-off date have a second chance to safely dispose of waste.
A collecting is scheduled for June 12 at the General Motors? Orion Township assembly plant.
The collection is open to residents of Lake Orion, and Orion Township, as well as residents of Addison Township, Groveland Township, Lake Angelus, Leonard, Oakland Township, , Oxford, Oxford Township, Rochester and Rochester Hills.
Residents should bring ID with their current address included in order to participate.
Items collected at the NO HAZ events include: household paints and stains, antifreeze, gasoline, kitchen and bath cleaners and polishes, mercury and mercury thermometers, aerosols, pesticides, herbicides and computer and electronic equipment.
The June 12 collection runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the GM plant. Participants should use the Brown Road plant entrance only.
Significant changes have been made to the program this year.
Residents of the following communities must pay $10 to participate: Addison Township, Groveland Township, Lake Orion, Leonard, Oakland Township, Orion Township and Rochester Hills.
The fee will be collected at the site in exact cash or a check made payable to: Oakland County NO HAZ.
Participants also must fill out a registration form that bills the remainder of the collection fee to their communities.
The form is available at the site or online at www.nohaz.com, where it can be downloaded and filled out in advance.
Two additional collections will be held Sept. 18 and Oct. 2 at sites to be determined later.
NO HAZ is a consortium of eight Oakland County communities representing 11 local governments that offer residents a safe and environmentally responsible way to dispose of household hazardous waste.
The NO HAZ Consortium encourages residents to gather all of their household hazardous waste and attend one collection event per year, as the communities are charged for each car that attends the collections.
Over the last six years, residents of more than 18,000 households have disposed of 2 million pounds of hazardous materials, which have been recycled or disposed of properly.
If you are interested in volunteering at a NO HAZ collection event, please send an email to wrmd@oakgov.com.
For a more comprehensive list of accepted materials, or for additional disposal information, visit the NO HAZ website at www.nohaz.com, or call the NO HAZ Hotline at 248-858-5656.