Household hazardous waste collection dates

HOUSEHOLD hazardous waste collections will take place over October and November at the recycling centres in Bray, Wicklow town and Arklow.

Items which will be accepted are paints and solvents, batteries, fluorescent tubes, fertilisers, pesticides and poisons, waste medicines, adhesives, inks and resins, caustic soda and waste oils, drain cleaners, cleaning agent and detergents, photographic chemicals, oven cleaners and shoe polishers.

Household batteries may also be left at any Wicklow County Council recycling centre and are part of a free take back at all shops selling batteries. Paints are taken at the Bray and Arklow recycling centres at al times.

The collection at Bray Recycling Centre takes place on October 27 from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Hazardous waste collections also take place during the same times at Arklow Recycling Centre on November 10 and Wicklow Recycling Centre on November 24.

The collection is carried out by a private contractor on behalf of Wicklow County Council under Hazardous Waste Licensing Legislation. It is not always possible to predict the amount of hazardous waste materials which will be delivered to the collections. As materials must be kept separately, stored and sealed in protective containers in the truck and because they are hazardous, there is a limit to the space available for each type of item.