So you're getting ready to list your house on the market and your agent has told you that you need to purge and take out all of the items that you no longer use. Or maybe you are just after painting all of the interior and exterior of your house and given your yard a once over so that it is in prime condition for that open house. Perhaps you just bought a house and now you want to put your signature stamp on it by decorating it to your style.

I'm sure whatever the purpose is, if you have embarked on any type of household redecorating, purging or sprucing up, you will have many household hazardous waste products that will need to be correctly disposed of.

The problem is you really don't want to put them in the trash as you know that it will just add to the already stressed landfills and add more hazardous waste chemicals to the environment, polluting our streams, our water, air and soil.

So what do you do with it?

On November 14, 2009 The Brazos Valley Solid Waste Agency in partnership with the twin cities of Bryan and College Station are hosting their bi-annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection (HHW).

This is a really great event where, for free, households can bring hazardous waste products, that need to be correctly disposed of such as batteries, cleaners, aerosols, pesticides as well as a laundry list of other items. This event only takes place twice a year and it's on from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm at the University Services Building, located on Hwy 30 passed the Veterans Park on the left.

The following is a comprehensive, yet not complete list of acceptable items as posted on the City of Bryan, Texas web site.

Hope you all take advantage of this great opportunity to correctly dispose of all hazardous waste products. Maybe this would be a great time to get the garage cleaned out and perhaps all of the containers hidden under the kitchen sink!

Challenge: I challenge you that you have no less than 10 of the following items in your home that need to be disposed off correctly. Are you up for it? Read the following lists, you might be surprised what's on there!

Corrosive Waste:

Boric acid, Car battery acid, Copper cleaners/metal cleaners, Disinfectants, Hydrochloric acid, Phosphoric acid, Pool acid, Toilet bowl cleaners, Caustics, Ammonia & ammonia-base cleaners, Battery terminal cleaner, Caustic soda, Drain cleaners, Lye, Oven cleaners, Poisons, Ant & roach killers, Antifreeze Baygon, Black flag, Chlordane, Chrome/silver polish, DDT, Diazinon, Dog Repellant, Dursban, Flea spray/powder, Fungicides, Insect sprays, Lindane, Malathion, Methylenechloride, Moth crystals, Off insect repellant, Pharmaceuticals, Plant food, Purning paint, Pyrethrins, Raid, Rock salt, Rose dust, Round-up, Sevin dust, Snail/slug killer, Tree root/stump killer, Weed & grass killer, Windshield wiper fluid.

Ignitable Waste:

Adhesives & glues, Air fresheners Asphalt driveway toppings, Charcoal lighter fluid, Enamel/oil based paints, Epoxy paints, Fiberglass resin & hardeners, Gasoline, Hobby solvents, kerosene, lacquer paint, Lighter fluid, Linseed oil, Liquid waxes, Nail polish removers, Paint varnish removers, Paint strippers, Petroleum distillates, Plastic model cement, Rug cleaners, Spot removers, WD-40, Wood stain.

Cleaning Solutions:

Oven cleaners, Wood cleaners, Wood polishes, Metal cleaners, metal polishes, Floor cleaners.

Automotive Waste:

Automotive body filter, Automotive oils, Brake Fluid.

List compiled by the City of Bryan, Texas