For Immediate Release, Thursday, December 15, 2005
Contact:  Suzanne Parsons Stymiest @ 985-898-5243
 

St. Tammany Parish
LARGE APPLIANCES (WHITE GOODS)
FREE CURBSIDE PICK-UP
Items Must be Curbside by JANUARY 2, 2006

·       AIR CONDITIONERS

·       REFRIGERATORS and FREEZERS

·       STOVES AND OVENS

·       MICROWAVE OVENS

·       DISHWASHERS

·       WASHERS AND DRYERS

·       WATER HEATERS

·       Televisions, computers and other electronics will also be collected.

Ø    TO ENSURE A CURBSIDE PICK UP, OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON COLLECTION, CALL THE EPA HOTLINE AT    1-800-401-1327.

Ø    You MUST place all items at the side of the road (Collectors CANNOT pick up white goods on private property). Do not place items in a ditch or on the road.

Ø    Items must be curbside by January 2, 2006. Crews will begin to pick up white goods and electronics on January 3, 2006. 

Ø    This will be the final pick up of white goods in St. Tammany Parish by EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers.