Ascension's Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day helps non-profits, reuse materials

GONZALES -- Volunteers and workers from various organizations around the Gulf Coast partnered to collect hazardous household materials at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center on Saturday.The Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day is now in its fifth year. Each year, Ascension Parish invites residents to bring in their hazardous waste and materials for disposal. It's all part of an initiative to "Keep Ascension Beautiful.""It's to keep the debris from out of our major canals, drainages, and our roa