CANTON — The Development Authority of the North Country will sponsor a free residential household hazardous waste collection this Saturday, May 21, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the St. Lawrence County Human Services Building on Route 310 in Canton.

The collection is being held in cooperation with St. Lawrence County and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Items such as solvents, pesticides, fluorescent light tubes, pool chemicals, paint cans and aerosol cans that still have product in them will be accepted.

Empty aerosol cans, motor oil, asbestos, construction debris, and explosives will not be accepted. Electronic waste (televisions, computers) will not be accepted; these items can be recycled at most county transfer stations.

New this year is the acceptance of leftover latex paint. In the past, only oil-based paints were accepted, but New York State has implemented a new initiative to recycle latex paint.

Any unused oil-based paint will be collected and disposed of as hazardous waste, but latex paint will be collected and recycled. Empty paint cans of either type should be dried out and disposed of in the trash.

In addition, unwanted or unused prescription and over-the-counter medications from residential households only will be collected by law enforcement.

This collection event is open to residential households only; waste will not be accepted from businesses, schools, farms or municipalities.

For a complete listing of what will and will not be accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days, please visit www.northcountryrecycles.org.