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14 South Fort Harrison Avenue
Clearwater, Fl 33756
Customer Service (727) 464-4000
E-mail: custsrv@pinellascounty.org

July 5, 2006

Businesses: Have you got unused hazardous electronics and chemicals? Get rid of them! The next quarterly EnviroBusiness Hazardous Waste Collection Day will be Wednesday, August 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Household Electronics & Chemical Collection Center, 2990 110th Ave. N., St. Petersburg.

Once each quarter, Pinellas County hosts an EnviroBusiness Hazardous Waste Collection Day. The quarterly collection offers businesses an inexpensive and convenient way to properly dispose of unwanted hazardous electronics and chemical waste. About ninety percent of all the electronic equipment brought in is either reused or recycled.

Any business may drop off their hazardous electronics. To drop off chemicals, businesses need to qualify as small waste generators (producing less than 25 gallons, or 220 pounds, of chemical waste per month). Businesses may also drop off their hazardous electronics and chemicals at any of Pinellas County Utilities Saturday Mobile Collection events, which will resume in September.

Hazardous business waste includes simple things like TV’s, computers, printers, copiers, fax machines, cell phones, and telephones. It also includes items such as fluorescent light bulbs, cleaners, toner cartridges, pesticides, laboratory vials, paints, process waste, and much more. Businesses should find an alternate means of disposal for explosives and medical waste.

Businesses pay the contractors directly, at the County’s reduced contract prices. In fact, for many electronic items such as laptops or phones, there is no charge. For other electronic items, the charge is minimal such as 5 cents per pound for a keyboard or 10 cents per pound for a monitor. To arrange for drop off and payment, businesses should call EQ Florida Inc. at (813) 623-5302 ext. 231 (chemicals), or Creative Recycling Systems, Inc. at (813) 621-2319 (electronics). For more information, call (727) 464-7500 or visit
www.pinellascounty.org/bizwaste.

Source: www.pinellascounty.org/utilities

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