Sault Ste. Marie's Household Hazardous Waste Depot No Longer Accepts Ballast Resistors from Old Lighting Fixtures

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Sault Ste. Marie,Household Hazardous Waste Depot,Ballast Resistors

Ballast resistors from old lighting fixtures, which often contain PCBs, are no longer accepted at the city’s hazardous waste disposal facility

Sault Ste. Marie 's household hazardous waste depot no longer accepts ballast resistors from old lighting fixtures , but Clean North says it's hearing from people who claim they've been advised by city staff to just throw them in the trash

"I just know that we aren't able to accept them at the hazardous waste facility as we're not allowed to ship them out through part of the lighting program," Lavergne said.

Sault Ste. Marie Household Hazardous Waste Depot Ballast Resistors Old Lighting Fixtures Clean North City Staff Trash Waste Management Environmental Monitoring Committee

 

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