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HIGH POINT – Six-hundred tons of garbage are trucked into the transfer station on Bishop Road everyday -- even items that don't belong there such as paint, chemicals, pesticides, tire and fluorescent light bulbs.

This weekend, the City of High Point is partnering with Guilford County to make it easier for people to dump those unwanted items safely, by launching their Clean and Green campaign.

"They can bring these items, we will offload everything for them,” explained Melanie Bruton with the Material Recovery Department. “We want them to remain in their cars. We're going to have plenty of people working out here."

Things like old TVs, electronics, batteries, paint and even old cleaning supplies which can contain mercury and other hazardous materials are things the campaign will be taking care of.

"A lot of this we don't realize; you just pour stuff in your tub or in your toilet and start cleaning it and we don't want to keep these things laying around; we don't want a child to accidentally drink it or a pet,” said Bruton. “They're caustic; it can cause your eyes to burn it can also be breathed in to your lungs, so it's very dangerous."

Bruton says the program is nothing new. Guilford County has a hazardous waste collection site on Patterson Avenue, but few residents seem to take advantage of the free service.

"It's a great program and we love having that but if they live on this side of the county they have to make that drive,” she said. “This makes it easy; everybody can come out one day we collect it."

And with new federal regulations banning electronics or e-waste from being dumped at landfills starting in 2011, organizers are hoping people will get with the program.

The free hazardous waste day is Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mendenhall Transportation Terminal. That's at 220 E. Commerce Avenue in High Point. Disposal is free and open to all Guilford County residents. Some things they won't accept are ammunition, medical waste or any kind of radioactive material.