What’s a person to do with that old refrigerator? Or maybe that box of dead batteries or stack of worn-bald tires?

Warren County will hold its annual hazardous waste collection day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot at Warren Central High School, and will take all types of hazardous waste that can’t just be tossed in the dump, Katie Strong, the county’s environmental officer said.

“The only thing we won’t take are refrigerators and freezer with food in them. They have to be cleaned out,” Strong said.

Visitors will make their way though the parking lot at the school where representatives from Care Environmental will accept some items.

Other recycling companies will also be on hand as the line of cars makes its way though. Document shredding will also be available and representatives from River City Rescue mission will be there to take donations of clothing, and usable furniture.

“The flow works well. We have between 600 and 700 vehicles through there every year,” Strong said.

For many Vicksburg and Warren County residents the event has become a cleanup day, Strong said.

“I think it helps to get a lot of trash from being thrown out on the side of the road,” she said.

Items being sought for the event include batteries, motor oil, antifreeze, insecticides, pesticides, aerosols, acids, flammable liquids, paint, computer equipment, televisions, metals, tires, clothes and furniture.

“The more people we have, the better,” Strong said.

The event, which is sponsored by the Board of Supervisors and the Mississippi Department of Environmental quality, will happen rain or shine; however, weather looks favorable for the weekend. The National Weather Service is calling for mostly sunny skies with a high of 91. The heat has caused the annual event’s hours to change.

“It used to be 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., but it was just too hot,” Strong said.