Benton County District Set To Open Disposal Center

CENTERTON -- The Benton County Solid Waste District will open its household hazardous waste disposal center after two years of planning and construction.

The district's board heard an update on the the new facility Thursday. Wendy Cravens, district director, said the building has been completed, all the needed permits obtained and a grand opening scheduled for 11 a.m. April 12. The facility is at the Solid Waste District, 5702 Brookside Road at the corner of Brookside Road and Daisy Road.

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"I went over to that building just the other day, and it looks great," Pea Ridge Mayor Jackie Crabtree and board chairman said during the meeting.

The district has worked on the facility for two years, Cravens said. The 40-by-60-foot building features a drive-through household hazardous waste drop-off and will accept electronic waste, she said.

Most of the waste delivered to the facility is placed in 55-gallon drums for disposal. Some items, she said, may be made available for re-use by the public.

"If a product is in its original container and the label is fully legible with all of the warnings and instructions and it's at least half full, we will make it available to citizens for free," she said.

The district offered a similar re-use program in the past when it contracted for household hazardous waste disposal, and the program was very popular, Cravens said.

The new facility will open to the public from 8 a.m. to noon April 12. Normal operating hours will be from 8 a.m.to 4 p.m. Monday and Thursday and from 8 a.m. to noon on the second Saturday of each month, Cravens said.

The board also heard about a new recycling program in conjunction with Mercy Hospital in Rogers. Scott Swearingen, the Rogers representative on the board, said the hospital will recycle sterile wrap plastic sheeting used to cover surgical instruments after sterilization.

"I've very excited about this," Swearingen said. "We've been working on this for several months with Mercy. It should be going live next week. My understanding is it's going to be the first program of its kind in the state and one of just a handful anywhere."

NW News on 03/28/2014

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