"Household Hazardous Waste" Avenger

It doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?

We were going through the cabinets in our garage and decided it was time to get rid of the 20 or so gallon cans of paint we had - all leftovers from 10 years of painting projects. Our city has a household hazardous waste disposal program and so Katy got a pickup scheduled. I suppose we could have put on black turtlenecks and watchcaps and dropped the cans off on the steps of city hall in the dark of night - like some people I know (you know who you are) - but we thought we'd follow the rules this once.

Monday morning I put a large clear plastic bag full of paint cans in my driveway for them to pick up. When I returned home that evening they were gone.

All good, right? Well, not quite.

There is now a large paint spill in the street at the foot of my driveway. Thanks guys! Next time I'll eliminate the middleman and just pour the stuff into the gutter myself.