If you're planning to put your house on the market soon, you probably have some cleaning to do.
Most people hang on to things like old paint cans, cleaning products, insecticides and weed killers long after they're needed. But what is a homeowner supposed to do with the stuff that you just can't throw into the trash?
Madison County has the once-a-year answer this Saturday, September 26, 2009.
From 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., the county's recycling program is sponsoring a free collection of household hazardous waste. Just take your items to the Madison County Wood River Facility (the building that used to house the old Wood River Hospital) at 101 East Edwardsville Rd. in Wood River.
You will need to show proof of residency in Madison County when you drop off the hazardous waste. Items turned in will be incinerated or recycled by a hazardous waste contractor.
These items will be accepted during the annual recycling event: batteries, drain cleaners, solvents, lawn chemicals, hobby chemicals, antifreeze, thermostats, pool chemicals, arsenic, cooking oils, electronics, fluorescent tubes, mercury thermometers, spray paint, oil/latex paint, lead acid batteries, gasoline, cleaning products, motor oil, herbicides, insecticides and pesticides.
So, round up the RoundUp and clear out your home's garage, shed and storage areas. Prospective buyers will thank you for it and so will the environment.
For more information, just call the Madison County recycling hotline at 618-296-6647 or click on their web site at www.madisoncountyrecycles.com.
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About the Author: Nancy Milton, GRI, is a REALTOR with the GoshenRealtyGroup at RE/MAX Preferred Partners in Edwardsville, Illinois. She and Kristina Pratt help their customers buy and sell homes and investment properties in St. Louis' Illinois suburbs with special emphasis on homes for sale in Madison County and the communities of Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Maryville, Collinsville, Troy, Bethalto and surrounding areas.
Goshen Realty Group takes its name from the earliest nickname for Madison County, Illinois -- the Land of Goshen -- coined when the region's first settlers compared their new home east of the Mississippi River to the biblical land of peace and plenty.
For more information, visit GoshenRealtyGroup.com or e-mail Nancy at Nancy@GoshenRealtyGroup.com. Text or call Nancy at 618-791-8007. REMAX Preferred Partners is located at One 157 Center, Edwardsville, IL 62025.
Please note that individual listings periodically mentioned in this blog are accurately described in terms of availability and price at the time of the posting. Because properties are constantly coming on and off the market, please contact Nancy for the latest information on those that are of particular interest to you.
