At the Household Hazardous Waste Center, employees wearing protective equipment sort materials by type. On one cart sits a bag of old nail polish bottles — nail polish and makeup are the items the HHW is highlighting this month, but employees say anyone who brings in hazardous items for recycling can get a freebie.
Kalamazoo County Health and Human Services Public Information Officer Matt Johnson says the promotion doesn’t have a set end date in sight.
“Sticky notes, things like that. Highlighters, pens, those kind of things,” Johnson said of the freebies offered. “Just a quick incentive for people to take advantage of the opportunity they have to recycle some of their household hazardous waste.”…