Metro is offering collection events only to residents of the greater Forest Grove area in cooperation with Waste Management Inc., owner of the transfer station. Some 213 customers participated in the program in the first two months. Products accepted include pesticides, paints, solvents, automotive fluids, aerosols, batteries, and pool, spa and hobby chemicals.
Hazardous products have words such as danger, warning, caution and flammable on the label.
Waste brought to these events must be from a household, not a business. There is a 35-gallon limit per customer. Items should be left in their original containers and packed in sturdy cardboard boxes. Leaking containers should be sealed in secondary leak-proof containers. Containers larger than five gallons, commercial waste, asbestos, compressed gases, explosives, radioactive materials and infectious waste cannot be accepted.