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Spending part of Saturday getting rid of hazardous waste was the 'in' thing for Township residents

 
 
 
 
Sung Kim from the Fraser Valley Bottle & Return-It Depot carried a computer monitor outside of the Township of Langley's operations building during Saturday's Household Hazardous Waste Plus Recycling Event.
 

Sung Kim from the Fraser Valley Bottle & Return-It Depot carried a computer monitor outside of the Township of Langley's operations building during Saturday's Household Hazardous Waste Plus Recycling Event.

Photograph by: Troy Landreville , Langley Advance

To gauge the popularity of Saturday's Household Hazardous Waste Plus Recycling Event in Murrayville, look no further than the line-up.

By 1 p.m. cars and trucks lined up for almost a block along 48th Avenue so they could gain access to Langley Township's Operations Building on 224th Street.

Residents were eager to dispose of hazardous materials from around their homes, along with recycling electronics and small appliances.

The usual suspects - paint cans, car batteries, lightbulbs and a variety of cleaners, motor oil, and other substances - had company this year.

New to the 2012 drop-off were electronics, small appliances, smoke detectors, and mercury thermostats.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Sung Kim from the Fraser Valley Bottle & Return-It Depot carried a computer monitor outside of the Township of Langley's operations building during Saturday's Household Hazardous Waste Plus Recycling Event.
 

Sung Kim from the Fraser Valley Bottle & Return-It Depot carried a computer monitor outside of the Township of Langley's operations building during Saturday's Household Hazardous Waste Plus Recycling Event.

Photograph by: Troy Landreville , Langley Advance

 
Sung Kim from the Fraser Valley Bottle & Return-It Depot carried a computer monitor outside of the Township of Langley's operations building during Saturday's Household Hazardous Waste Plus Recycling Event.
Steven Sheng from Product Care and Harb Chohan from the Township of Langley sorted paint cans inside the Township of Langley's operations building on Saturday afternoon.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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