SETRPC – Sponsors Hazard Waste and Scrap Tire Collection Event

The South East Texas Regional Planning Commission is hosting a Household Hazardous

Waste and Scrap Tire Collection Event, Saturday, April 18, 2015 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

at the Robert A. (Bob) Bowers Civic Center parking lot located at 3401 Cultural Center

Drive in Port Arthur.

 

During this free event, the SETRPC is collecting items that could cause damage to your

health or the environment if they are disposed of improperly. Some of the items

include paints, cleaners, antifreeze, car batteries, used oil, insecticides, swimming pool

chemicals, and many others. For a complete list of acceptable materials, contact Bob

Dickinson at (409) 899-8444 ext. 7520.

 

Scrap tires will also be collected during this event. There is no charge for a participant’s

first eight tires. There will be a $1.00 charge for each additional tire. Oversized tires

are not accepted.

 

This event will be publicized through news releases, flyers, and newspaper

advertisements in the Beaumont Enterprise and other area newspapers. Television

commercials will also be broadcast on KFDM, KBTV, KBMT, and Time Warner Cable.

 

The Household Hazardous Waste and Scrap Tire Collection Event is a program of the

South East Texas Regional Planning Commission and the Texas Commission on

Environmental Quality.

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Bob Dickinson at (409) 899-8444

ext. 7520

 

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