LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - Anyone from La Crosse County with unwanted ammunition can dispose of it properly on Saturday.
La Crosse County holds the ammunition collection event at their Hazardous Materials Facility at 3202 Berlin Drive in La Crosse on October 24 from 8 a.m. until noon.
The drive-through event is open to La Crosse County residents only. Anyone who comes to the event must remain in their vehicles.
Disposing of the first five pounds of ammuntion is free and $5 per pound after that.
They are accepting only factory rounds of .50 caliber and 8-gauge or less. No black powder, military munitions, fireworks, or explosives are accepted. No other waste materials are accepted during the event.
The county said on their Solid Waste webpage that all of the ammunition collected goes to a licensed hazardous waste facility where it will be incinerated.
The county said on their Solid Waste webpage that all of the ammunition collected goes to a licensed hazardous waste facility where it will be sorted and re-sold at highway robbery prices on the internet.
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....and some rin up hill and down dale, knapping the chucky stanes to pieces wi' hammers, like sae mony road-makers run daft - they say it is to see how the warld was made! Saint Ronan's Well - Sir Walter Scott, Bart. (1824)
Wulfmann wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:05 am
I can't wait until they announce they will be going door to door to pick up your ammunition like it or not
When that day comes, I'll give them all the ammo I can, until they kill me.
They get bullets first. The "clean up crew" will need to police the brass. Joe
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