News & Press Releases

June 23, 2025

22^nd HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COLLECTION DAY RESULTS – OVER 28 TONS COLLECTED!

          On Saturday, April 5, 2025 the 22nd Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day was held in Luling at the Judge Edward Dufresne Community Center and in LaPlace, LA at the New Wine Christian Fellowship, resulting in a total of 56,758 pounds of material collected to recycle, dispose and treat. Oil based paint, flammables, poisons, used electronics and tires accounted for collection of over 28 tons.

          2025 marked the 22^nd industry-sponsored household hazardous collection day event and its purpose continued to be to provide area households an opportunity to properly dispose or recycle materials that are inappropriate for curbside pickup. Materials such as solvents, poisons, used oil, electronics and corrosives require special handling to maximize safety and minimize environmental impact.

          Richard Hoagland, with Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex and Jason Bradford, with Marathon Petroleum Company, were the event coordinators, with the committee including Michael Palamone, Justin Tassin, Samantha deCastro, Eric Berteau, and Cain Dufrene.  A special thanks to PIOs Baileigh Helm and Francesca Blanchard, in St. John and St. Charles Parishes, respectively.                                                              

          18 area manufacturers sponsored the event, along with St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes providing funding and volunteers. This year, 340 vehicles dropped off a total of 56,758 pounds of hazardous materials.  Of all the material received, 56.9 percent was recycled or recovered. Used electronics accounted for 21,466 pounds and 4,800 pounds of oil/antifreeze was collected.  Tires accounted for 4,500 pounds. Please visit the event website at www.hhmcd.com for additional information and to see photographs.

          With approval from Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and support from St. Charles Parish Council, St. James Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness, Department of Transportation and Development and St. John Parish, this event was sponsored by the following companies as a community service: Air Products (multiple locations), Arkema, Bayer, Bunge, Cornerstone Chemical Company, Denka Performance Elastomer, Diamond Green Diesel, Dow, DuPont, Galata Chemicals LLC, Koch Fertilizer, Marathon Petroleum Company LP, Nalco Water – an EcoLab Company, Nucor, OxyChem, Pinnacle Polymers, Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex, and Valero.

Both St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes assisted with financial support.

Other organizations which provided donations, volunteers, food, support services and/or recycling were: Edward Dufresne Community Center, Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry, New Wine Christian Fellowship, and Positive Results, Inc. Legacy Industries provided professional waste and recycling services. Marathon Petroleum Company provided primary fiscal tasks for the event.

   
St. John Site - New Wine Ministries

 St. Charles Site - Judge Edward Dufresne Community Center

As seen in St. Charles Herald-Guide on March 20, March 27, and April 3, 2025.

As seen in L'Observateur on March 20, 2025 - Click here to read

March 17, 2023

ST. CHARLES AND ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH INDUSTRIES TO HOST

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS MATERIALS  COLLECTION DAY ON APRIL 5th!

          St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parish industries, along with St. Charles Parish and St. John the
Baptist Parish governments will host the annual Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day from
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2025.  St. James Parish, Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality and Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry are also supporting the event.  The goal of this
event is to providehouseholds an opportunity to properly dispose or recycle materials that are inappropriate for curbside pickup. 

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 17.25 TONS COLLECTED DURING 21^st ANNUAL
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COLLECTION DAY

          On Saturday, May 4, 2019 the 21^st annual Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day was held in Destrehan and LaPlace, LA, resulting in a total collection of 34,506 pounds (17.25 tons) of material to recycle, dispose and treat.  Of all collections, 25,808 pounds were recycled.  Torrential rain significantly reduced traffic, particularly at the St. John location.  Used electronics accounted for nearly 7 tons of total materials collected, followed by 2.6 tons of fuel blending, which includes oil based paint, flammables, aerosols and poisons.

          2019 marked the 21^st consecutive industry-sponsored household hazardous collection day event and its purpose continues to be to provide area households an opportunity to properly dispose or recycle materials that are inappropriate for curbside pickup.  Due to the high cost to host this event, permits required and planning, there is no way to reschedule this annual event when bad weather is an issue.

          Event coordinators are volunteers with local industry and include Jay Lambremont and Lance Traylor, both with Marathon Petroleum Company, Lynette Currier with OxyChem – Taft, Durell Morris with Valero and Michael McNally with Shell Norco. 

          26 area manufacturers sponsored the event, providing funding and volunteers.  Of the 34,506 pounds of materials collected, 89% was recycled or recovered. The two sites this year included assistance from 77 volunteers who serviced drop-offs from 306 vehicles.  Please visit the event website at www.hhmcd.com for additional information and to see photographs.

          With approval from Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and support from St. Charles Parish Council, St. John the Baptist Parish, St. James Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness and Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry, this event was sponsored by the following companies as a community service:  Air Liquide, Air Products (multiple locations), Arkema, Bayer (formerly Monsanto), Cornerstone Chemical Company, Denka Performance Elastomer, Diamond Green Diesel, Dow, DuPont, Entergy, Evonik Corporation – Reserve, Evonik Corporation – Garyville, Grace, Hexion, Linde (formerly Praxair), MPXL (formerly Pin Oak Terminals), Marathon Petroleum Company LP, Nalco Champion – an EcoLab Company, Noranda, Nucor, OxyChem, Shell Norco, Shell Pipeline Company LP, and Valero.  Other organizations which provided donations, volunteers, food, support services and/or recycling were:  Arkema, Bayer, Denka Performance Elastomer, Dow, Linde, Shell Norco, COLT, Inc., Jerusalem Shriners Hall, Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry, MPLX, New Wine Christian Fellowship, Pelican Pointe Car Wash and Positive Results, Inc.   Clean Harbors Environmental Services provided waste and recycling professional services. Marathon Petroleum Company, United Way of St. Charles and St. John United Way assisted with fiscal tasks for the event.  Traylor said, “For the third consecutive year, as an added incentive for resident participation, the first 150 vehicles at each site received a one-time Platinum Pelican Pointe car wash, and also donated one wash to each volunteer.  We are quite appreciative of Pelican Pointe Car Wash for their support of this annual event.”

ST. CHARLES AND ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH INDUSTRIES TO HOST 21^st ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COLLECTION DAY ON May 4th!

          For the 21^st consecutive year, St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes industries will host the annual Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, 2019.  St. James Parish, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry are also supporting the event.  The goal of this event is to provide households an opportunity to properly dispose or recycle materials that are inappropriate for curbside pickup.  Event coordinators include Lance Traylor and Jay Lambremont with Marathon Petroleum Company, Lynette Currier with OxyChem – Taft, Durrell Morris with Valero – St. Charles and Michael McNally with Shell – Norco are the event coordinators for local industries sponsoring the event. 

          As she encourages each year, Lynette Currier said, “Please mark your calendar and plan to attend this annual event!  We have two locations:  one in St. Charles Parish on the east bank in Destrehan and another in St. John the Baptist Parish on the east bank.  We urge everyone to take advantage of this opportunity.  Please clean out hazardous materials from your garage, utility room or shed and properly dispose of  these wastes on May 4th at one of these two available sites.”

  The collection locations are in St. John the Baptist Parish at the Plaza LaPlace Shopping Center at 1921 Airline Highway in LaPlace, known as the New Wine Ministries parking lot and in St. Charles in Destrehan at the Jerusalem Shriners parking lot, located at 1940 Ormond Blvd.   

          With support from Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, this event is sponsored by the following 26 local companies as a community service:  Air Liquide, Air Products (multiple locations in three parishes), Arkema, Bayer (formerly Monsanto), Cornerstone Chemical Company, Denka Performance Elastomer, Diamond Green Diesel, Dow, DuPont, Entergy, Evonik Corporation (two locations in St. John the Baptist Parish), Grace, Hexion, Linde (formerly Praxair) MPLX (formerly Pin Oak Terminals), Marathon Petroleum Company, Nalco Champion – an Ecolab Company, Noranda, Nucor, OxyChem, Shell – Norco, Shell Pipeline Company and Valero – St. Charles.  In addition to these sponsor companies, United Way of St. Charles and St. John United Way are serving as fiscal agents for this annual event.

          Lance Traylor explained, “We are looking forward to collecting household hazardous materials from our community again this year.  Please visit the event website for event details and ongoing recycling opportunities at www.hhmcd.com.”    He continued, “At last year’s Household Hazardous Materials Collection event, with 64 volunteers, we collected over 81,000 pounds -- nearly 41 tons -- of potentially harmful materials and prepared them for recycling, recovery, treatment or disposal.  We unloaded materials from 560 vehicles at both locations.” 

         According to statistics gathered, the largest recycling category was 16,884 pounds of used electronics and 8,843 pounds of oil/antifreeze was collected to be recycled.  The following household hazardous materials will be accepted and properly disposed of or recycled:  oil-based paint, solvents, tires (limit five per vehicle and one delivery only), automotive and other rechargeable batteries, household cleaning products, acids/bases, used oil, antifreeze, aerosol cans, fluorescent lamps, pesticides, herbicides, scrap metal, major appliances and used electronics, such as used computers, copiers, printers, radios, TVs and other electronic devices.  We cannot accept explosives, ammunition, infectious medical wastes, unidentifiable materials, compressed gas cylinders (including propane tanks), radioactive wastes (smoke alarms), asbestos, latex paint, high school lab wastes or commercial/governmental facility waste, including in-home business waste.  There is a limit of five tires per vehicle. 

         Please visit one of the two event sites on Saturday, May 4, 2019.  If you have any questions or would like additional information, please send an email to the Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day hotline at hotline@hhmcd.com. 

Click here to see the June 23, 2016 edition of News Examiner/Enterprise.

February 23, 2016 - Tornadoes in St. John the Baptist Parish
        

New Wine Ministries was hit and damaged by the tornado and Pastor Neil Bernard sent me this note:

On Tuesday, February 23, New Wine  was hit by a tornado that ripped the roof of our buildings and destroyed portions of our gym. In addition to flooding our church, our children’s classrooms, playground, and gym area where we provide tutoring, homework assistance, and recreation for the children and youth were all damaged.  Because the amount of damage to our building will exceed the amount of insurance coverage, we are asking for your support as we attempt to rebuild our facilities and continue to provide education, and wholesome recreation to the children of St. John the Baptist parish.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Any contributions can be sent to New Wine Development Corporation (NWDC) at P.O. Box 633 Laplace, La 70068.  (Tax ID: 72-1425139)

Thank You,

Pastor Neil Bernard

The Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day sponsors greatly appreciate New Wine Ministries allowing this annual event to continue in the parking lot.

See the Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day promo on youtube!  Special thanks to St. Charles Parish for producing and posting this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cHqNNJDV64&feature=channel_video_title