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A variety of household, farm and small business waste chemicals, electronics, metals can be recycled or properly disposed of for free or a small fee through the Ottawa County Department of Public Health’s Environmental Sustainability Program.
Public health can be directly connected to the sustainability of our environment. If one is strained, the other will be as well.
Proper management of used materials can lead to a better and more sustainable environment and keep people healthy.
Items like sharps, electronics, food waste, scrap tires, used oil, household hazardous waste, and metals have other places to go than landfills.
Those items can be reintroduced into markets, the environment, or disposed of properly, thus reducing their impacts on our environment and extending the material’s lifespan.