Residents can each bring up to 200 pounds of household hazardous wastes to the borough’s solid waste transfer site at the end of the month and go home with their pickup or car trunk empty — no charge.

The annual drop-off event will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 29-30, with a lunchtime closure from 11 a.m. to noon both days, said Tom Wetor, the borough’s public works director.

The borough sponsors the free drop-off to keep hazardous wastes out of the sewer system, out of landfills, and out of homes.

Wrangell is a member of the Southeast Alaska Solid Waste Authority, a cooperative of several...