Bring your household hazardous to June 1 collection in East Dundee

Recycle your household cleaners, fertilizers, pesticides, auto fluids, oil-based paints and stains and much more at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection event from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 1, at 620 Route 25, East Dundee. It is the former Walmart on the southeast corner of routes 25 and 72.

Accepted items include acids, adhesives, aerosol products, auto fluids, ballasts, batteries (no auto batteries), blacktop sealer, cleaning products, cooking oil, corrosives, drain cleaners, fluorescent light bulbs, hobby and photo chemicals, lawn chemicals, medications (no controlled substances), mercury and devices that contain it, oil paint and stains, paint thinners, pool chemicals and solvents.

No latex paint, metal tanks/cylinders (acetylene, foam, oxygen, propane), agricultural wastes, ammunition, explosives or fireworks, biohazards (medical wastes), farm machinery oil, fire extinguishers, lead-acid auto batteries, MAPP gases, pharmaceuticals (controlled substances), radioactive material, smoke detectors, and no syringes or needles.

Other guidelines for the event:

• This event is free and open to residents of Illinois.

•·Business, institution agriculture waste will NOT be accepted.

• Carpool with neighbors to bring your hazardous waste materials for safe disposal.

• Clearly label and safely package all waste materials and stay in your vehicle at event.

• Do not bring any of the items on the NOT Accepted list as we cannot take them and it slows down the line.

For alternative solutions for those items, call (630) 208-3841 or go to the A-Z list at www.countyofkane.org/recycling.

Sponsors of this event are the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Kane County Recycles, and the village of East Dundee.

For questions, contact Jennifer Jarland, Kane County Recycling Coordinator, at (630) 208-3841, or recycle@countyofkane.org.