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Lamar and Forrest counties’ Right Way to Throw Away Day to be held Saturday

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PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) — This Saturday, Lamar County, Forrest County and the cities of Hattiesburg and Petal are joining forces for their annual Right Way to Throw Away Day.

This partnership has been ongoing since at least 2008.

The Bobby Chain Airport and the Lamar County Multipurpose Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday for residents to drop off hazardous wastes.

This event is made possible through a grant from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.

“The essence of the program is to ensure that we’re not putting stuff in the ground at our house, contaminating the soils at our households more than we have to,” Brian Neuman, Lamar County senior planner, said. “There’s always going to be incidental disposal or incidental accidents where material or chemicals get in the ground at the household, but to minimize that risk, we offer this disposal event.”

Commercial waste will not be accepted. Accepted items are pictured below.

Accepted Hazardous Waste items(WDAM)

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