What Isn't Household Chemical Waste?
- Empty paint cans and dried paint
- Empty automotive fluid containers, etc.
- Small-engine equipment such as pressure washers, lawnmowers, weed eaters, etc.
- Small electronic parts such as routers, mice, keyboards, etc.
- Tires
- Small appliances
The items listed above can all be set out with your regular household garbage.
What Is Household Chemical Waste?
Unwanted household products labeled flammable, toxic, corrosive and/or reactive are common household chemical wastes that should be disposed of at these events or at the Household Chemical Waste and Electronic Recycling Facility, located at 6431 Topaz Ct.
Some examples of these items are:
- Aerosols
- Antifreeze
- Ammunition
- Automotive Fluids
- Car and Boat Batteries
- Cleaning Compounds
- Compact Fluorescent
- Tubes and Bulbs
- Cooking Oil
- Diesel Fuel
- Drain Openers
- Fertilizers
- Fiberglass Epoxy
- Fire Extinguishers
- Flares
- Floor Care Products
- Freon
- Fungicides
- Furniture Polish
- Gasoline Herbicide (weed killers)
- Insecticides
- Kerosene
- Metal Polish
- Moth Balls
- Paint (Oil & Latex)
- Pesticides
- Photochemicals
- Poisons
- Pool Chemicals
- Propane Tanks
- Rechargeable batteries
- Resins
- Smoke Detectors
- Solvents
- Thermostats w/Mercury
- Varnish
- Wood Preservatives
Never Dispose of Household Chemical Waste...- In dumpsters, compactors, or curbside.
- In the household Garbage for pick-up by the garbage company.
- Down a storm drain or into soil.
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