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2009 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Schedule (Off Site) - Please contact your Town Office for further details. Note: highlighted events have not been confirmed. See the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Schedule.

Testing for lead in toys - Consumer Product Safety Commission study shows home lead test kits unreliable for testing for lead in toys.

Consumer Product Safety Commission - Recall of products due to lead content

The National Geographic Green Guide Product Report on Toys describes the potential health and environmental risks of some materials used in toys, and provides solutions for finding safe toys.

Lead in Children's Toys - The National Center for Healthy Housing has two fact sheets to help parents make sense of the recent recalls of toys tainted with lead paint

Blue Ribbon Commission on Solid Waste Management

Computer Recycling (E-Waste) - other related links

EGAD - Environmental Geographic Analysis Database

Fluorescent light bulb information

Maine’s E-Waste Law

Mercury -Where's Mercury? Information regarding Mercury in Maine

Recycling

Thermostat Recyclers list

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