Hazardous Waste Unit Is Coming to CSUN

Residents of Northridge and the surrounding communities can safely dump unused household hazardous waste products today and Saturday.

The city’s Hazmobile, a toxic cleanup unit, will be at Cal State Northridge to collect dangerous waste materials from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day. The Hazmobile will be stationed in Lot T, located on the corner of Lindley Avenue and Lemarsh Street, one block south of Devonshire Street.

For the first time since the inception of the Hazmobile program in 1989, no appointment will be required, said Richard French, spokesman for the city’s Department of Public Works. “All [that residents] have to do is put their hazardous wastes in the trunk of their cars, pull up to the Hazmobile and attendants will remove the material.”

The most frequent household hazardous wastes include paint thinner, oil-based paint, latex, turpentine, discarded motor oil, pesticides, car and flashlight batteries and cleaning materials labeled toxic, flammable, corrosive, irritant or poisonous, he said. French said that radioactive material, ammunition, explosives, biological wastes and tires will not be accepted.

For more information call the Household Hazardous Waste Hotline at (800) 98TOXIC.