HAZARDOUS WASTE AMNESTY - 10 & 11 SEPTEMBER

(31-Jul-2016)

Have you been trying to get rid of that partly used tin of paint but been turned away at the recycling centre? Now is your chance to dispose of it free of charge.

Each year Norfolk County Council holds special events at some of their recycling centres for disposal of such waste. The King’s Lynn Recycling Centre at Willows Business Park, Saddlebow will be holding a hazardous waste amnesty on Saturday, 10 September and Sunday, 11 September.

Household waste items that will be accepted for disposal free of charge are:

• Aerosols – full or part-full
• Fire extinguishers
• Garden pesticides and fertilizers – both liquid and powder form
• Household chemicals and cleansers – both liquid and powder form. eg carpet cleaner, furniture polish, old bottles of bleach etc
• Paint – including water-based and solvent-based paint
• Photographic chemicals
• Wood preservatives, treatments and varnished