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Go Green Basalt
Who we are: A group of Basalt, Colorado citizens encouraging conservation and energy efficiency in our Roaring Fork Valley.
Hazardous Materials
Pitkin Solid Waste Center will handle these. Phone 923-3487 for details.
Food for thought: "'Hazardous waste' conjured leaking casks of picric acid and loose bundles of TNT, neither of which I had on hand, but once I started looking around my house, I came upon all kinds of noxious materials. There was rubber cement and superglue in my junk drawer (they contain a handful of chemicals listed by the EPA as hazardous), an ionizing smoke detector on my hallway ceiling (it was made with a small amount of americium-241, which has a radioactive half-life of 458 years), a broken thermometer in the bathroom cabinet (mercury is a potent neurotoxin), paint thinner in the basement (turpentine and mineral spirits are both flammable and toxic), a bottle of windshield wiper solution in my closet (it contains methanol, which damages the nervous system, liver, and kidneys), and rechargeable batteries all over the place (they contain heavy metals, like cadmium and nickel, plus flame retardants that outgas poisons.)"...Elizabeth Royte in Garbage Land