Do you have an old refrigerator or broken-down washer on the back porch or in the back yard, or do you have old tires beside the garage? Wondering what to do with it? There's finally an answer.

Meramec Regional Planning Commission, in partnership with the Ozark Rivers Solid Waste Management District and the Washington County Commission, will offer an appliance and waste tire collection from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15 at the County's First District Road and Bridge Shed on Midwest Road in Mineral Point.

Appliances will be accepted free of charge. Fees will be charged for tires: Passengers tires will be $1.50 each: truck tires will be $7.50 each; and tractor tires will be $12 each. You must unload the items yourself.

"This is a one-time collection of tires and appliances in the region and Washington County, so now is the time to take advantage of the opportunity," explained Tammy Snodgrass, MRPC's environmental programs manage, who is assisting with the planning of the event. This is the first time that the county or the solid waste district has offered an appliance and tire collection.
The collection event is open to any households in the Ozark Rivers District, include Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski and Washington counties. The solid waste district is tasked with reducing by 40 percent the amount of waste generated for disposal. Using its tipping fee dollars, the Ozark Rivers Solid Waste District provided a grant to MRPC to host the collection.

MRPC is working with a scrap dealer in the region to properly handle appliances, and tires will be recycled into tire-derived fuel. The solid waste management district will also have educational information available at the collection that will help residents deal with other types of waste, including household hazardous waste.

Area residents that have questions about the collection can contact Snodgrass or Nongluk (Lucky) Tunyavanich at (573) 265-2993 or by email at tsnodgrass@meramecregion.org.

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