Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day set next week
The Three Rivers Solid Waste Management Authority, along with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the city of Oxford, will hold its annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 21 in the parking lot of the National Guard Armory, next to the Oxford Conference Center off Sisk Avenue.
The collection day is a time when everyone can safely dispose of items like pain, motor oil, batteries, old computers, household and lawn chemicals and their containers, tires, florescent bulbs, and pesticides. (April 13, 2012, Page 3A)
Recycling changes ahead?
A proposed new recycling facility at Three Rivers may end the need for Oxford residents to sort their recyclable materials. (February 6, 2012, Page 1A)
PSC OKs renewable energy program
Three Rivers Solid Waste Authority is set to construct a 1.2 megawatt facility in Pontotoc County that will convert landfill gas into enough electricity to power 1,000 homes. (August 10, 2011, Page 1)
Three Rivers gets grant for recycling tires
Thanks to everyone who has bought new tires, the Three Rivers Solid Waste Authority received $59,000 in grant money to help continue its tire collection programs. (June 24, 2010, Page 1A)
