Getting rid of them can pose a problem.
Products ranging from bug spray to paint thinner can pose dangers to area landfills.
A local group is moving ahead with plans for a new center where we can safely dispose of these items and potential locations for the facility have been unveiled. Household chemicals that could end up polluting area landfills can be separated and disposed of properly in a household hazardous waste plant like the one in Council Bluffs. But the plant in Council Bluffs turns away people from Omaha who want to unload those items so MAPA is adding a similar facility to serve the city. It may be built at one of ten possible sites located in either Douglas or Sarpy County. Two of the ten sites are zoned as agricultural land and most are on property already owned by the city or county.