Pollution Prevention Week: September 21 - 27 2009
 Mercury Thermometer Exchange Program
Public Will Receive Free Digital Thermometers to Replace Old Ones
As part of its observance of Sept. 21-27 as Pollution Prevention Week, the Novato Sanitary District will conduct a free mercury thermometer exchange program.
Mercury thermometers will be exchanged for digital thermometers free of charge on Tuesday, September 22, at the Novato Farmers Market on Grant Avenue, between Machin and Reichert, 4-8 p.m., and on Sunday, September 27, and Monday, September 28, at the Novato Household Hazardous Waste Facility, 7576 Redwood Blvd., 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
The intent of the program is to help prevent toxic waste that poses a threat to public health and the environment from entering the wastewater and storm water flows. The public is invited to bring in old mercury thermometers that contain harmful chemicals and exchange them for modern digital thermometers that are actually easier to use, are more accurate and contain no toxic chemicals. And it’s free!
For more information, call the Household Hazardous Waste Hotline at
415-892-7344 or the Novato Sanitary District Office at 415-892-1694.
Tours of Treatment Plant
Free public tours: September 26, October 10 & 24, November 7 
Also as Part of the Pollution Prevention Week observance, the District will offer free public tours of its new wastewater treatment plant at 500 Davidson St. in Novato on September 26, October 10 and 24 and November 7, starting at 10 a.m. No reservation is needed.
The tours will allow the public to see the treatment plant before construction is complete and all the inner workings are covered in water and sealed in place, and to have questions answered. For more information, phone 415-892-1694 or e-mail info@novatosan.com.
Other Ways to Protect the Environment
Among the ways that the public can help protect the environment are:
 Disposing of household hazardous waste and batteries at the Novato Household Hazardous Waste Facility, 7576 Redwood Blvd. - Recycling of old electronics at the Novato Recycling Center, 7576 Redwood Highway
- Disposing of fluorescent tubes at Pini Hardware or the Recycling Center
- Instead of flushing unused medications, disposing of them in sealed containers in the trash or dropping them off at Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, Longs Drug Stores, Safeway Pharmacy or Costco Pharmacy
Also, customers of Novato Disposal can take advantage of fall cleanup, September 21-25. For more information, visit www.novatodisposal.com
For more information, contact the District office at 415-892-1694 or e-mail info@novatosan.com.
Pollution Education
NDS has a full slate of educational services for both adults and
children.
For children, NSD works closely with the SEED program to sponsor
tours of various facilities. See the For
Educators section for details.
For adults, NSD offers free speakers for groups or events, as well
as tours of district facilities. For more information, the see Outreach
programs section
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