Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Is Scheduled For July 18 In Lexington

Press release from the Town of Lexington:

July 14, 2020

Residents of Lexington and participating communities can help protect the environment by taking common household hazardous products (see the full list) to the Minuteman Facility on Hartwell Avenue in Lexington.

July 18, 9:00AM - 2:00PM60 Hartwell Avenue

Event Guidelines

For everyone's safety, strict guidelines are in place:

• Hazardous materials will ONLY be accepted from trunks, the backs of SUV’s and pick-up truck beds. Do not bring items in your back seat or other areas of your car/truck.
• Please DO NOT exit your vehicle for any reason.
• Face coverings are MANDATORY.
• Please DO NOT roll down your vehicle windows.
• Your Driver’s license MUST be available and held up to your window for registration on site.
• Please DO NOT bring containers that you want back. NO containers will be returned.

Additional information is available on our Hazardous Waste web page.

There will be no bathrooms available on site and it will be difficult to leave once you are in line.

We expect this event to be very busy because several prior events have been cancelled due to COVID-19. If you have a very small amount of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) and can wait, it would be better for you to attend a future event. A pre-registration process will be put in place before the August 15 event with the goal of decreasing wait times.

Thank you for your patience as we adjust operations to comply with necessary social-distancing measures to prevent COVID-19.

This press release was produced by the Town of Lexington. The views expressed here are the author’s own.