GLASGOW — People looking to get rid of material that the Glasgow Regional Landfill doesn’t accept will have a chance to so Saturday.

From 9 a.m. to noon at Beaver Creek Park, the city will hold this year’s second Household Hazardous Waste Collection and Free Shredder Day, during which items such as medication, paints and cleaners will be accepted for proper disposal and documents taken for shredding.

“This eliminates hazardous waste going into sinkholes or going into our landfill,” said April Russell, the city’s grant writer.

The idea is to give people a chance to get rid of hazardous materials that can’t be disposed of normally and keep harmful chemicals from seeping into the area’s groundwater, Russell said.

“We want to keep that out of our groundwater,” she said, adding that such chemicals could harm livestock and would make the water treatment process more difficult.

A list of accepted items, which includes aerosols, oil-based paints, pesticides and herbicides, cleaners, oil and antifreeze – and a list of material that won’t be accepted, such as explosives and radioactive waste – are posted on the city of Glasgow’s website.

A $10,500 grant from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet made the free household hazardous waste disposal possible, Russell said.

With the grant, the city is contracting with Environmental Enterprises Inc. to collect and dispose of the waste, she said.

Litter abatement payments from the EEC’s Division of Waste Management, which this year totaled more than $7,800, are funding the shredding service, she said.

The shredding and the hazardous waste disposal are offered for free.

The paper shredding offers people a chance to get rid of old records in a way that leaves personal information unobtainable, according to Glasgow Mayor Dick Doty.

“These days, people are very concerned about identity theft,” he said. “They can take that out to the shredder and watch it and feel good that their identity’s safe.”

According to the city’s website, CDs, DVDs and floppy discs can also be shredded.

Each time the event is held, a few hundred people can be expected to show up, wishing either to dispose of hazardous waste or shred old papers, Russell said.

“It’s a very well-received program we have every year,” she said.

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