If It’s Saturday It Must Be Hazmat

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We’re moving. Maybe you’ve heard (a thousand times). That means tying up lots of loose ends, like all the stuff stored in the garage or basement that’s garbage. It’s trash, but it can’t be put out with the trash!

Today I went to “Hazmat Central” in the Regional Water Authority’s parking lot at Long Wharf in New Haven. This is where scary stuff goes to get disposed

The back end of Helaine’s SUV was filled with an old gas can, some mostly used cleaning products and paint. There must have been fifteen partially used cans of paint, leftovers from our 23 years in this house.

The joint was jumping! People have stuff to ditch and they’d like to do it with minimum environmental impact. Thanks fellow citizens.

It didn’t take long for me to find out Latex paint is not considered a hazmat item! That was the bulk of my load.

Latex paint lives in a no man’s land. It doesn’t go to hazmat. It doesn’t go to the curb as-is either.

“You mean it’s dangerous, but not dangerous enough,” my friend Peter asked.

Yeah, something like that.

The boys in the bunny suits instructed me to throw some kitty litter in each can to solidify the paint. Once it’s a solid the pressure’s off. Our trashmen will pick it up on their normal weekly run.

We are unwinding our Connecticut life one day at a time. So many little details.

4 thoughts on “If It’s Saturday It Must Be Hazmat”

  1. Glad they were able to give you some education on the latex paint. I’m filing that one away for our next disposal day here!

  2. Hi geoff, all your fans will miss you here in conn. The best of luck to you geoff. Pat shafer pawcatuck ct.

  3. YEP…we learned that about latex the same way last year when we moved. Ugh…last summer was a blur. Moving is STRESSFUL! (but worth it)

  4. Next move will probably be nursing home. We don’t want to move with all the issues of selling and buying. Too much stress for me.
    Thanks for all the years of weather forecasting. It just doesn’t seem the same anymore. The weathers boring now. Geoff, you put some spark into the forecasting I haven’t seen yet in anyone else. What were they all thinking letting you go?

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