What Makes Household Waste Hazardous? 35

The manufacturing plant in town and the town dump both do a free day once a year when they take HHW, especially batteries. It's usually in the springtime, sometime soon actually - I keep everything I need to get rid of set aside until then - and I accept battery dropoff from my friends in the meantime :-)

In my county we leave those things beside the trash to be picked up and they dispose of them properly.

I call our village hall to be sure what to do with hazardous materials. Was a good read above to learn more.

When I went to clean out my folk's house after my mom passed away last year, I discovered a storage area in the basement of the house where my dad had stored cans of paint/chemicals he had used in remodeling houses. I called the recycling center to find out where I could dispose of these cans properly. They directed me to the Hazardous Materials Management Facility in a nearby city. I called this facility and was told I could dispose of 6 carts of cans of paint/chemicals a day, gave me the times and days the facility would accept household resident waste, and told me to bring my mom's recent utility bill. I ended up hauling 76 cans of paint/chemicals to the facility which filled up a little over 7 carts. Since I was from out-of-state, they let me drop off all 7 carts of paint and chemicals that day. It was a win-win situation for everyone.

I call my county to see where I can recycle those things.