County will host July metal, appliance collection events

Monday, June 23, 2008 |
Coos County will hold a free residential metal collection event at the Beaver Hill Disposal Site from July 1 to July 31. The following are examples of items that will be accepted:
* washers, dryers, stoves, water heaters, small metal appliances
* wood burning stoves
* empty burn barrels
* barbecue
* microwave ovens
* refrigerators/freezers – Coos County will remove freon and compressors
* small and large metal tools
* metal furniture
* bicycles
* exercise equipment (metal)
* tire rims
* lawn equipment (drained)
* empty propane tanks with valve/stem removed
* metal fencing with wood posts removed
* nails, screws, misc. (please place in metal container or tin cans)
* miscellaneous scrap metal
Not accepted: vehicles, logging and fishing cable, household hazardous waste (paint, solvent, tar, etc)
For more information, call 396-5444. Please leave a short message and a phone number as booth attendant may be outside the booth with customers.
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