A hazardous waste disposal program is in the works for the Municipality of North Norfolk. Mayor Neil Christoffersen says the program will deal with materials that are harmful to the environment and explains why the program will be beneficial to the municipality.

"We had a presentation at our last council meeting and we've decided to go with a full hazardous waste program. It involves quite a significant uptake in different types of hazardous waste and it's going to be a lot more comprehensive in the future, which goes along with our landfill enhancement projects that were doing."

Municipality of North Norfolk Mayor Neil ChristoffersenChristoffersen says as of right now, hazardous waste has nowhere to be disposed of.

"We really want to keep a lot of things out of the landfill and protect the environment, and this was just a natural progression of that. If we didn't do this, that hazardous material would wind up in the backyard, or wind up in a garbage bag in the landfill or who knows where. This program gives people a better way to dispose of it."

He lists some of the materials that are considered hazardous.

"On top of paint and lightbulbs we're going to be collecting aerosol cans, fire extinguishers, corrosive materials, fuel cylinders, pesticides, and toxic materials. It's going to be quite a benefit for the residents of North Norfolk to be able to take these things to the landfill. We won't have a drive around collection program, but people will be able to bring it and deposit it at the landfill."

Christoffersen notes there will be no cost to drop of hazardous waste and says the program should be up and running within the next few months.