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The Columbia Press
March 18, 2022
Hazardous waste
day is Saturday
The Household Hazardous
Waste collection center will
be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 19, at the
county’s new facility at 1780
Williamsport Road, next to
the Recology Western Ore-
gon Waste transfer station.
The center is the result of
several years of collabora-
tion between Clatsop County,
Recology, local cities, com-
munity organizations and the
Oregon Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality.
The facility provides a
means for proper disposal
of hazardous toxic wastes,
including paint, fluores-
cent lights and light ballasts,
cleaners, propane tanks, her-
bicides, antifreeze, motor oil,
gasoline, fertilizers, aerosols,
pesticides, batteries, and
compressed gas cylinders.
Material not accepted in-
cludes unused medications,
syringes, and asbestos.
For more information, call
503-325-9302.
Fire Department
plans open house
Warrenton Fire Depart-
ment hosts an open house
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat-
urday, March 19, at the main
fire station, 225 S. Main Ave.
The agency plans to an-
nounce its new Emergency
Medical Services Division,
primarily for those interested
in working as a medic or oth-
er health worker.
The public is invited to meet
some of the current mem-
bers and get information
about how to sign up. Medi-
cal training will be provided
by the department. There
also will be a physical ability
demonstration.
Ninety percent of the fire
department’s
emergency
calls last year were medically
related.