THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009
NEWS
5
LAWRENCE
Facility offers free recycled products
BY ANNIE VANGSNES avangsnes@kansan.com
In one quick trip, students and Lawrence residents can take advantage of free paint and other household cleaning supplies while also disposing of hazardous waste.
The City of Lawrence/Douglas County Household Hazardous Waste Facility, 711 E. 23rd St., accepts products that are considered dangerous to the environment. It also offers a service that allows people to take usable leftover supplies and paint for free.
Before dropping off waste or "shopping," residents must make an appointment. When people drop off usable products such as paint, cleaning supplies, or motor oil, it is stocked on the shelves in a separate building.
Operations Supervisor Kathy Richardson said it was a popular program for Lawrence residents who either couldn't afford supplies or were "believers of reduce, reuse, recycle."
Roy Wimmer, Lawrence resident, is a computer-aided design technician who has been unemployed for almost a year. He said he went to the facility looking for paint for the south side of his house after a power washer stripped the paint off. He had looked at paint elsewhere but said it cost $40 for 15 gallons. Wimmer needed about 45 gallons, and said that it would have been too expensive.
Wimmer said he had known about the reuse program for several years, but that this was the first time he had used it. He said he used to think he should let other people use it who needed it more than him.
"I'm an old farm boy from central Kansas," Wimmer said. "My dad always told me that it's better to give than receive. Well now I'm receiving, but I'd rather be giving."
Wimmer found his 45 gallons of
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