Toss with Care: Trash Tips for Gainesville Apartment Living
Each year, Americans generate over one million tons of household
hazardous waste, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
You may think that you never handle hazardous waste, but surprisingly,
toxic products are very common in most homes. For example, products
that contain corrosive, toxic, or reactive ingredients include:
- Paints
- Cleaners
- Oils
- Batteries
- Pesticides
- CFLs (compact fluorescent lights)
- Computer equipment
When you recycle and properly dispose of trash—especially
trash that is potentially toxic to the environment—you divert
it from the waste stream and prevent environmental contamination.
Case in point, all the above items should not be tossed into your
average dumpster. Thankfully, there are hazardous waste collection
centers throughout Alachua County, including the North Central Solid
Waste Collection Center. Alachua County collection centers accept
the following waste materials:
- Automobile fluids
- Automotive batteries
- Dry cell/button batteries
- Latex and oil based paint
- Used oil filters
- Florescent tubes and bulbs
- Used motor oil
- Electronics
- Aerosol cans
In addition, local businesses in the general vicinity of our Gainesville
apartments accept used oil for recycling, including all Advance
Auto Parts stores. Finally, many office supply stores take monitors,
laptops, printers, and faxes if you’re willing to pay a disposal
fee for each item.
Bellamay Grand Apartment Homes provides convenient and neat dumpster
locations for all of our residents, but be sure to watch what goes
into your trashcan and the community dumpsters. And as a reminder,
please don’t leave trash bags outside of your apartment or
dumpster, which will help to keep our community fresh and clean.
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