HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAYS...2005 SERIES
(REGIONAL SPRING AND FALL DATES, LOCATION, TIMES - CLICK HERE)

This is not a Dutch still-life...it is from a previous "Good Riddance Day" in Weston!
LINK HERE TO TOWN OF WESTON HOMEPAGE FOR E-FLYER (WHAT TO BRING) TO WESTON EVENT...NO LATEX

SPRING 2005 (Saturdays)

April 30, 2005  Weston 78 Old Hyde Road 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
May 7, 2005   Stratford DPW 550 Patterson Ave. 7:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
May 14, 2005   Norwalk   Norwalk High School  County Street  8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
May 21, 2005   Greenwich High School  Hillside Road  8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
June 4, 2005   Darien Town Hall  2 Renshaw Road  8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
 

FALL 2005 (Saturdays)

September 24, 2005   Shelton Highway Garage 41 Myrtle Street  9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
October 1, 2005   Westport-Weston Health District Health Office  180 Bayberry Lane  9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
October 22, 2005   New Canaan  394 Main Street  WWTP (?)  8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
October 29, 2005   Wilton High School  395 Danbury Road  9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
October 29, 2005   Trumbull  State Commuter Lot  322 Broadway  9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

APRIL 28, 2002:  SECOND REGIONAL "GOOD RIDDANCE DAY" HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION
All over 'til next year...photographs of "Good Riddance Day 2001" below!  So how did it go for "Good Riddance" day in Weston this year?
There has been a steady decline in numbers of Weston cars showing up at Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days in Weston.  In 1995 there were 393 cars at a Weston-only hazardous waste collection--this year 224 Westonites showed up.  This is a good thing...people are getting careful about what materials they buy, and the industries producing it are getting more careful about what ingredients they use in their products.  (For example, household alkaline batteries are no longer hazardous--the dangerous ingredient is no longer used.)

The weather was perfect (a little windy--papers got blown around) and of the 34 out-of-town participants, most commented that Weston was too beautiful (they hadn't been here in a while).  They genuinely seemed happy to be at this Weston stop on the Spring hazardous waste days for the region.

How did we do compared to Greenwich last week?
A total of 258 cars (in four hours) attended in Weston, averaging 64.5 cars per hour.  At Greenwich Town Hall last week,  there were 400 cars in six hours--an average of 66.6 per hour.

Thank you for attending--and if you need to dispose of household hazardous waste, please know that there will be three more events this Spring:

MAY 5 - Stratford Public Works Garage, 8am-1pm, 550 Patterson Avenue
MAY 19 - Norwalk High School, County Street, 9am-3pm
JUNE 2 - Darien Town Hall, 2 Renshaw Road, 9am-2pm

TIP FOR WESTONITES WHO MISSED THE APRIL 28 COLLECTION:
A nice lady from the Glenville section of Stamford said she used the Internet to find the DPW location in Weston--so why don't Westonites do the same if they have trouble locating the sites in other towns? http://www.mapquest.com



NEW SITE FOR WESTON HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION IN 2001 (NO LONGER W.H.S. PARKING LOT)...

Welcome to the Weston DPW garage (l)...historical photo of previous "Good Riddance Day" (center);  REMEMBER: no latex April 28, or at the other dates listed above (only in Wilton in the Fall).  NO WAIT, NO FEE AND NO LATEX...bring I.D.  NEW BIG SAND PILE (r)  AT WESTON DPW GARAGE ON OLD HYDE ROAD AFTER THIS PAST WINTER!!! 

"Good Riddance Day" 2001 report:

SCENES FROM REGIONAL HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION April 28, 2001:
Classic disposal photo in Weston--gasoline and what's this--Vodka--gasoline and liquor don't mix  (chemists sorting waste must know this);  cutest animal ("Blanche" the adopted pit-bull dog);  the Good Riddance Guys from DPW.  As noted above, the numbers of cars from Weston was lower than in recent history--but then, this could mean that Westonites are recycling material more than ever...more pictures HERE.