The City of Richmond’s hazardous materials collection at the Diamond earlier this year was such a success that plans are in the works to create a permanent site for city residents to dispose of hazardous waste, according to the Times-Dispatch:

Richmond is preparing to launch year-round disposal of hazardous wastes instead of making city residents wait for a once-a-year collection.

City public works officials expect to open the facility to collect hazardous waste in March at the East Richmond Road Landfill & Convenience Center, 3800 E. Richmond Road.

“The staff and outside personnel are already on site,” Rosemary Green, interim director of public works, told a City Council committee this month. “We just had to set aside an area for it.”

The event gave city residents an opportunity to dispose of hazardous wastes that can’t be safely sent to the landfill or the sewage treatment system.

The kinds of waste accepted include solvents, such as paints and fuel; car fluids and batteries; household cleaners and drain openers; herbicides and pesticides; and thermometers and other devices containing mercury.