TOX DROP REOPENS
Dear Traders Point Neighbors:
As follow up to the Lafayette Road Bridge over Eagle Creek reopening to traffic, the city's tox drop location is also reopening (see news release below). I, myself, was in hopes the city would rethink having a collection site for toxic and hazardous materials on the banks of Eagle Creek, water supply to the reservoir providing drinking water to 500,000 Central Indiana residents, but the reopening of the tox drop signals the city is comfortable with the risk of accident, spill, or malicious mischief. Have others of you noticed the sign at the tox drop, which was replaced by an even larger sign, saying do not leave materials when the tox drop location is not open (only open on first and third Saturdays of the month)? The sign was ignored by numerous people as evidenced by the collection of cans of paint and other materials that mounted up between Saturdays when the facility was open. Heaven forbid, any pranksters decide to toss that collection into the creek. At least, fellow TPANers, only take your materials for disposal to the tox drop during hours the facility is open.
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City addresses parking citations in a new way.
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Sincerely,
MAStevens
TPAN Secretary
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TRADER’S POINT TOXDROP LOCATION RE-OPENS Program officials excited about once again expanding opportunity to northwest Indy
INDIANAPOLIS – The ToxDrop Trader’s Point Collection Facility will once again open to offer northwest area residents a convenient location to properly dispose of unwanted and unused household hazardous waste (HHW.
Due to the Lafayette Road over Eagle Creek bridge replacement project, program officials decided to temporarily close the Trader’s Point Facility until construction of the new bridge could be completed. The previous bridge was replaced with a three-span, pre-stressed concrete beam bridge.
“The Trader’s Point facility is very popular with northwest Indy residents who are acutely aware of the need to keep household hazardous waste out of our sewers and waterways through proper disposal of these materials,” said ToxDrop Program Manager Nathan Self. “We’re excited about the opportunity to once again offer area residents an easy, convenient way to properly dispose of potentially dangerous household waste.”
The facility, located at 7550 N. Lafayette Rd , will resume previous hours of operation on the first and third Saturday of each month, from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
A program of the city’s SustainIndy initiative, ToxDrop is a free collection service that makes it easier for Marion County residents to properly dispose of their household hazardous waste year-round. Over the last decade, the ToxDrop program has been able to divert more than a quarter of a million gallons of HHW from the city's sewers, waterways and aquifers through periodic ToxAway events and on scheduled Saturdays. The ToxDrop program is a significant advancement to help residents properly and safely dispose of HHW. For a list of accepted materials and additional collection sites, visit www.sustainindy.org/toxdrop.cfm.
Mayor Ballard launched SustainIndy and created the Office of Sustainability in October, 2008. SustainIndy is a bold and innovative enterprise aimed at delivering long-term cost savings to the City, building the local economy, improving our quality of life and enhancing our environmental and public health. Its efforts are designed to aggressively move Indianapolis forward in making it one of the most sustainable cities in the Midwest.
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As follow up to the Lafayette Road Bridge over Eagle Creek reopening to traffic, the city's tox drop location is also reopening (see news release below). I, myself, was in hopes the city would rethink having a collection site for toxic and hazardous materials on the banks of Eagle Creek, water supply to the reservoir providing drinking water to 500,000 Central Indiana residents, but the reopening of the tox drop signals the city is comfortable with the risk of accident, spill, or malicious mischief. Have others of you noticed the sign at the tox drop, which was replaced by an even larger sign, saying do not leave materials when the tox drop location is not open (only open on first and third Saturdays of the month)? The sign was ignored by numerous people as evidenced by the collection of cans of paint and other materials that mounted up between Saturdays when the facility was open. Heaven forbid, any pranksters decide to toss that collection into the creek. At least, fellow TPANers, only take your materials for disposal to the tox drop during hours the facility is open.
Other news items included below are:
City addresses parking citations in a new way.
For Facebook and Twitter fans, you can follow the Pike Twp. Fire Marshall on these sites.
Sincerely,
MAStevens
TPAN Secretary
___
htp
TRADER’S POINT TOXDROP LOCATION RE-OPENS Program officials excited about once again expanding opportunity to northwest Indy
INDIANAPOLIS – The ToxDrop Trader’s Point Collection Facility will once again open to offer northwest area residents a convenient location to properly dispose of unwanted and unused household hazardous waste (HHW.
Due to the Lafayette Road over Eagle Creek bridge replacement project, program officials decided to temporarily close the Trader’s Point Facility until construction of the new bridge could be completed. The previous bridge was replaced with a three-span, pre-stressed concrete beam bridge.
“The Trader’s Point facility is very popular with northwest Indy residents who are acutely aware of the need to keep household hazardous waste out of our sewers and waterways through proper disposal of these materials,” said ToxDrop Program Manager Nathan Self. “We’re excited about the opportunity to once again offer area residents an easy, convenient way to properly dispose of potentially dangerous household waste.”
The facility, located at 7550 N. Lafayette Rd , will resume previous hours of operation on the first and third Saturday of each month, from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
A program of the city’s SustainIndy initiative, ToxDrop is a free collection service that makes it easier for Marion County residents to properly dispose of their household hazardous waste year-round. Over the last decade, the ToxDrop program has been able to divert more than a quarter of a million gallons of HHW from the city's sewers, waterways and aquifers through periodic ToxAway events and on scheduled Saturdays. The ToxDrop program is a significant advancement to help residents properly and safely dispose of HHW. For a list of accepted materials and additional collection sites, visit www.sustainindy.org/toxdrop.cfm.
Mayor Ballard launched SustainIndy and created the Office of Sustainability in October, 2008. SustainIndy is a bold and innovative enterprise aimed at delivering long-term cost savings to the City, building the local economy, improving our quality of life and enhancing our environmental and public health. Its efforts are designed to aggressively move Indianapolis forward in making it one of the most sustainable cities in the Midwest.
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posted by Ross Reller at 5:08 PM
2 Comments:
As a 36 year resident of Traders Point (my whole life, thus far!), I've often wondered: through what mist of foolishness were planners squinting when they decided that this was a wise location for a toxi-drop?! Not even a hundred feet from Eagle Creek's entrance into the reservoir (not even fifty?)? Should not such proximity to a reservoir be against regulations of some sort (especially in this age of environmental awareness... never mind the somewhat exaggerated homeland security fears that have become so fashionable at present)?
Of further concern is the likelihood that a spill into this area would be more difficult to contain, being swept into the reservoir more quickly--due to the current--than a similar mishap at practically any other area along the water's edge. Sheesh!
Couldn't they move it south down Lafayette Road... to perhaps the empty lot just north of the fenced-in DOT facility (literally on the other side of the fence)? That lot has been occupied by only slight bits of clutter for the last ten or more years. If I've been half awake, I think it's already paved, if not graveled.
I'm glad someone else is as flabbergasted as am I. Thank you, sir, for commenting on this issue.
Fishback Swimmer
Parcel ownership is listed as City of Indianapolis Flood Control. My guess is the tox drop is a service to the community, probably a 501c3 non profit, so it doesn't pay property taxes or even rent to the city but it does provide convenient venue for supervised disposal of hazardous materials a couple of Saturdays a month. A flood might not sweep toxic waste into Eagle Creek but it doesn't look good for a city that touts its appreciation for green buildings and technologies to sponsor the site selection of a toxic waste facility in a known floodway. If someone wanted to make an issue of this they could probably have some fun and get some free press for themselves as a paragon of virtue. LOL
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