We couldn’t resist this. The Independence, Missouri online paper for the Examiner helpfully informed community members about hazardous waste collection day. This “popular event” was on April 23 this year.  Since then, we have seen literally dozens of similar articles published in community papers with the same message:  your extra, dated, or leftover pool chemicals are a hazardous material that should be disposed of through a proper program, and not in the general landfill.

Thus, we see included in the items you might want to bring for safe disposal are your “hazardous liquids and solvents, lawn and garden products, pesticides, pool chemicals [ok, we added the emphasis], paints and related products.”

One thing you do NOT need to do with ozone is clean up after it. Left over chemicals, salt residues, spills in storage or handling, and damaged pool machinery or decking are problems you will not face because of ozone. Ozone is a clean cut character through and through.

Of course we do understand that pool chemicals are necessary. We even advocate for a minimal use of chlorine as a secondary sanitizer for residential pools because we do need to keep some oxidation potential in the water for contaminants that do not or cannot circulate through the pump. But we also advocate for keeping the use of these potentially dangerous chemicals to a minimum.

Ozone is about maintaining a safe environment for life.  That’s the most important thing.