Clintonians eager to get rid of hazardous materials might want to circle October 24 on their calendar. That’s when the City, in partnership with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), will give citizens an opportunity to drop off their dangerous stuff. But leave your dynamite at home. Explosives will not be accepted.
“If you’ve got a bomb sitting around the house, we’ve got bigger problems than household hazardous waste disposal,” says Clinton’s Director of Public Works Phillip Lilley. “That’s a conversation for somebody other than Public Works.”
The City will also turn away radioactive materials and equipment containing freon. But it will take pesticides, chemicals, paint, motor oil, antifreeze, propane tanks and batteries…