NORWAY — Norway/Paris Solid Waste will be holding the annual household hazardous waste collection event from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10. Household chemicals — like those that have been sitting under kitchen sinks or in basements and garages for many years — can be brought to the event at the Norway/Paris Transfer Station, 39 Brown St.

Residents from participating towns — Norway, Paris, Buckfield, Sumner, Hartford, Otisfield, Waterford, Albany, Stoneham and West Paris — can dispose of household hazardous wastes at no cost, up to 25 gallons.

The event is co-sponsored by Oxford County Regional Recycling and is part of the ongoing Western Maine Environmental Depot Collection Program run by AVCOG.

At this time latex paint is not accepted, but under a new law the paint manufacturers will be setting up a program to finance the collection and recycling or disposal of paint by 2015. Until then, latex paint should be dried out and put in the regular trash. Oil-based paints, stains, and varnishes are accepted at HHW collections.

Residents may also bring their hazardous waste to the Environmental Depot, the permanent facility located at the Lewiston Solid Waste Facility at 424 River Road; it is open from 8 a.m. to noon the first and third Saturdays of each month, except for three-day holiday weekends, May through November.

Participating municipalities include most of the towns in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. Residents from other communities can bring waste to the depot at a cost of $28 for up to five gallons.

For a list of participating communities or for more information, go to:  www.avcog.org (Household Hazardous Waste under Municipal Services), call 783-9186, or check with your town office.