{"id":2004,"date":"2015-01-06T20:26:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T01:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2015-01-06T20:26:23","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T01:26:23","slug":"hillsborough-county-will-give-you-money-4-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/?p=2004","title":{"rendered":"Hillsborough County Will Give You Money 4 Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hillsborough County residents can exchange hazardous mercury-containing devices for a $5 grocery store gift card at Household Hazardous Waste collections through April 2015, while gift card supplies last. Collection events are held monthly on selected Saturdays from\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_678108961\">8 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>First\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_678108962\">Saturday<\/span>of the month &#8211; 9805 Sheldon Road in Tampa<\/li>\n<li>Second\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_678108963\">Saturday<\/span>of the month &#8211; 13000 U.S. Highway 41 in Gibsonton<\/li>\n<li>Third\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_678108964\">Saturday<\/span>of the month &#8211; 6209 County Road 579 in Seffner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Examples of mercury-containing devices that are eligible for a Money 4 Mercury gift card include thermometers, thermostats and switches. No commercial or business-related waste will be accepted. Gift cards are limited to one per eligible vehicle, while supplies last.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When a mercury-containing device is disposed of in a solid waste landfill or incinerator, the mercury can contaminate the air, surface water and groundwater. Residents are encouraged to always properly recycle mercury-containing devices at a hazardous materials collection site.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about mercury collection events, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillsboroughcounty.org\/index.aspx?NID=3461\">www.HillsboroughCounty.org\/Money4Mercury,<\/a>\u00a0contact Hillsborough County Solid Waste at\u00a0<a href=\"tel:%28813%29%20209-3042\">(813) 209-3042<\/a>, or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:PUD-SpecialWaste@HillsboroughCounty.org\">PUD-SpecialWaste@HillsboroughCounty.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Residents may also bring other household chemicals and hazardous wastes to the collection event for proper disposal, including compact fluorescent bulbs, other light bulbs and batteries; however, these items are not eligible for a gift card.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The goal of the Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management Division&#8217;s Money 4 Mercury program is to educate and safely manage mercury containing items. Funding for the program is provided in partnership with Covanta Hillsborough, Inc. and through a $5,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County Pollution Recovery Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hillsborough County residents can exchange hazardous mercury-containing devices for a $5 grocery store gift card at Household Hazardous Waste collections through April 2015, while gift card supplies last. Collection events [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004\/revisions\/2005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}