Historic Hyde Park Neighborhood Association

Home Safe Home

Mar 08, 1999

Home Safe Home

Florida households are a major contributor of hazardous waste to our environment. Is your home one of them?

Did you know that ?…

* A substance is hazardous if it is:
Toxic: poisons living things
Ignitable: can catch fire
Corrosive: can erode skin, cloth, metal
Reactive: can cause a chemical interaction
Carcinogenic: can cause cancer

* Disposed of improperly, hazardous products can cause a fire, release toxic fumes, pose a health risk for collectors and contaminate our water supply and soil.

* A program exists to help you dispose safely of hazardous household waste to keep your home and our neighborhood a ?“Home Safe Home??”

Hazardous Household Products
Some common house and garden items that need special disposal are:

Aerosols
Car wax and solvent
Furniture polish
Fungicides
Glue (solvent based)
Household batteries
Moth balls
Oil based paints
Paint thinner/stripper
Rug Cleaners
Weed Killer

These and other hazardous waste should not be put out for curbside collection. Instead, please take them to one of Hillsborough County?’s two Household Chemical Collection sites.

1999 Household Chemical Collection Sites & Dates

Town & Country Site: 9805 Sheldon Rd.
Feb. 13 Apr. 17 June 12
Aug. 14 Oct. 16 Dec. 11

Apollo Beach Site: 626 Golf & Sea Blvd.
Mar. 13 May 15. 17 July 17
Sep. 18 Nov. 20

Let?’s take advantage of these opportunities to keep our children and pets, our properties and our neighborhood as safe as possible.

Come by our next meeting to pick up your copies of some excellent guidelines on hazardous products, some less toxic alternatives, and safe disposal.

Our thanks to Jerry Snow at Hillsborough County for providing these materials to HHPNA. If you need more information about the program, call Jerry at 272-5680. If you can?’t make it to the meeting but would like copies of the materials, call Ruth Hughes at 251-1193.

Good Neighbors Note: If there?’s an elderly resident (or anyone else) on your block who would find it difficult to drive to the collection site, please consider collecting some of their hazardous items for disposal along with your own. And thanks for keeping the neighborhood safe.

By: Ruth Hughes (251-1193)