Once a year our county hosts a Household Hazardous Waste day. It gives us the opportunity to get rid of all those pesky cans of hazardous waste. Alan cleaned out the garage, under the kitchen sink, and checked the basement and found quite a bit that we could recycle. Alan had to work today so I ran the items over to the collection center. Ours was held at the city waste water treatment plant.

I wanted to get a photo of the guys sorting/unloading my chemicals, but they were quick so I had to settle for this instead. Kinda glad I did. I drive down this road EVERY DAY on my way to and from work. Do you see that ginormous chair in the background (to the left of the photo). Today was the first day I noticed it and my kids had to point it out to me. Seriously, how in the hell did I miss that??? My mind apparently needs to work on being a bit more observant. Dylan told me that chair has been there for at least 3 days—whhaatttt??? Ay yi yi…Ithink I need a vacation.

Some of the goodies Alan packed up…a lot was from the garage so I have no idea what was in there:


Don’t forget to check with your city or county to see if they have a recycle program.