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WORLAND — This Saturday is the day for Washakie County residents to get rid of those household cleaners and other household waste that can’t be just tossed out like yesterday’s garbage.

Nine different agencies in the county working together as the R3 (reduce, reuse and recycle) Coalition are again sponsoring the biannual Ag and Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day for Washakie County residents. Washakie County Weed and Pest Supervisor Jarrod Glanz said the collection day has been going on for years and originally started out at the Weed and Pest. It was moved to the landfill about 10-12 years ago, he said.

Nine agencies — Washakie County Weed and Pest, Washakie County Conservation District, Department of Homeland Security/Washakie County Emergency Management, Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District, Washakie County Public Health, Worland Fire Department, Bureau of Land Management, Washakie County Ambulance Service and the University of Wyoming Washakie County Extension combine efforts to support the day either with financial support or in-kind and voluntary help.

Glanz said, however, they always need more volunteers to help the day run smooth. He said ideally they would like 60 volunteers. He said he has room for a lot more volunteers this year.

Volunteers must arrive by 8 a.m. for a safety training. Lunch is provided by the agencies for the volunteers. Anyone interested in helping out may contact Glanz at 347-8582 or via email at [email protected] or come Saturday at 8 a.m.

COLLECTION DAY

The Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the landfill. Glanz said due to the mandatory safety training and making sure things are set up, no one will be allowed in until 9 a.m. so he advised people not to come early.

Items being collected for the special collection can be dropped off at the Worland landfill for no charge. There will still be a charge Saturday for regular refuse.

Items being collected include pesticides, herbicides, antifreeze, outdated or unused prescription and over the counter drugs, household cleaners, household batteries, photography chemicals, paint, used motor oil, strong acids, household solvents, car and truck batteries, rechargeable batteries, refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners and electronic waste — laptops, cell phones, computers, televisions, monitors and DVD players.

They cannot accept explosives, fireworks, gunpowder, ammunition, radioactive waste and biohazard waste and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls).

Glanz said Brown’s Western Appliance will be picking up the refrigerators and freezers, Yellowstone E-Waste of Billings will be collecting e-waste except the cell phones, which will be donated to the conservation district for their cell phones for soldiers program.

Clean Harbors out of Denver, Colorado, will be transporting the chemical waste.

The landfill handles the recycling for the large batteries as they are accepted year-round. The landfill does not accept household batteries year-round.

The paint is available to people for free to pick up. Glanz said they strain old paint through screens to catch any particles. They then mix paint to make new and fun colors, seal the cans and they are then given away. This is only for latex paints, he noted.