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Environmental Progress - Winter 2003Environmental Progress : Winter 2003 14 Household Hazardous Waste Collections Took in Household, School Toxic MaterialsMore than 1,400 fifty-five gallon drums of hazardous materials turned in 
Oil, garden chemicals and adhesives are among the top items of household hazardous waste taken to local collections. The Waste Reduction and Compliance Section's waste reduction unit conducted 14 one-day household hazardous waste collections in 13 counties last fall for the first half of fiscal year 2003. More than 1,478 fifty-five gallon drums of toxic materials were collected from 7,655 households. Total cost to conduct the 14 events was $590,063, an average of $42,147 per event and $77.08 per household. Cosponsor contributions totaled $131,100, to help defray costs of collection events. Twenty-three schools in or around targeted communities participated this fall and disposed of more than 35 fifty-five gallon drums of hazardous educational waste, chiefly old lab chemicals. Costs for school waste disposal totaled $22,910, an average of $996 per school. To date, the IEPA has co-sponsored 292 household hazardous waste collections, at which 262,100 households participated. A total of 53,765 drums of potentially dangerous common hazardous materials has been collected, at an average cost of $64,961 per event, and an average cost per household of $72.37. Wide variety of waste turned in
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