Coos County has extended the time period for the metal collection event at the Beaver Hill Disposal Site. The time period has been extended to September 30, 2015. The fee for metal will be waived for this time period. Examples of accepted items: • washers, dryers, stoves, water heaters, small metal appliances; • wood burning stoves; • empty burn barrels; • barbeques; • microwave ovens; • refrigerators/freezers – Coos County will remove freon and compressors; • small and large metal tools; • metal furniture; • bicycles; • exercise equipment (metal); • tire rims; • lawn equipment (drained); • empty propane tanks with valve/stem removed; • metal fencing with wood posts removed; • nails, screws, misc. (please place in metal container or tin cans); • miscellaneous scrap metal; Not accepted: vehicles, logging and fishing cable, Household Hazardous Waste. If you have any questions, please call 541-396-7620. Please leave a short message and a phone number as booth attendant may be outside the booth with customers. If you have household garbage, furniture, brush, tires, or construction debris that you are bringing to Beaver Hill, please remember those items will need to be separated. The fees for these items will not be waived during the metal collection event. Recycling items that are accepted for no charge at Beaver Hill are as follows: • E-Waste (TV’s, Computers & Monitors); • Newspapers , Magazines, Phone Books, Junk Mail, Recyclable Paper; • Cardboard (flattened), cereal boxes (flattened); • Aluminum and tin cans – foil, TV dinner trays, pop & beer cans (must be clean)(do not flatten); • Plastic (Bottleneck #1 – #7) (milk jugs, water bottles, laundry soap jugs, etc.) – must be clean, no lids; • Margarine, Cottage Cheese, Yogurt Containers – must be clean – (do not crush or flatten); • Glass jars – Clear, green and brown – (must be clean); • Flower pots – any size/material – These are for re-use – must be clean; • Motor Oil & Cooking Oil (in 1-5 gallon labeled containers with tight lids – non leaking); • Antifreeze (in 1-5 gallon labeled containers with tight lids – non leaking); • Lead-Acid Batteries (auto, motorcycle, lawn equipment); • Rechargeable Batteries, Nickel Cadmium, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries; • Cell phones; • Paint (accepted in the Paint Care Program – see www.paintcare.org for acceptable paints). Beaver Hill Disposal Site Hours, Tuesday – Saturday: 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., Closed Sunday and Monday and Holidays.
