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Household Hazardous Waste

District residents may bring most household hazardous waste (HHW) free of charge to the HazWaste Center at the District Transfer Station. Please note that you must be a resident of one of the District's 21 member towns to use the HazWaste Center. The HazWaste Center is open six days a week, year round. View the HazWaste Center hours. Business hazardous waste is accepted by appointment only.

What is Household Hazardous Waste?

Hazardous wastes are materials with hazardous ingredients in them. Product labels with the words "Danger", "Poison", or "Warning" should be kept out of the regular trash. Some hazardous products found around the home include:

Garden supplies 

  • Weed killers 
  • Insecticides
  • Fertilizers with weed killer
  • Wood preservatives
  • Rodent poisons

Paint products

  • Paints and thinners
  • Paint removers 
  • Stains and varnishes
  • Epoxies and adhesives 

Cleaning products

  • Drain openers
  • Oven cleaners 
  • Metal or furniture polish 
  • Spot removers

Automotive products

  • Gasoline 
  • Solvents 
  • Brake fluids 
  • Transmission fluids 
  • Antifreeze 
  • Batteries
  • Polishes and wax 

Mercury-containing devices

  • Thermometers 
  • Thermostats
  • Fluorescent light bulbs

Health & beauty products

  • Hair dyes
  • Nail polish
  • Nail polish remover
  • Hair spray
  • Certain hair gels
  • Certain lipsticks
  • Lice shampoo
  • Flea & tick medicine

Home improvement supplies

  • Glues
  • Roofing tar
  • Stains
  • Strippers
  • Varnish

Nicotine products

  • E​​​​​​-cigarettes 
  • Unused nicotine patches 
  • Lozenges, gum
  • Inhalers, sprays, cartridges or refills 

Heating oil & fuels

Lead

  • Fishing sinkers

Lighters, sterno & canned gel fuel

Hobby supplies

  • Pool chemicals
  • Photo chemicals
  • Chemistry sets
  • Some fabric dyes
  • Pottery glaze

Not accepted at the HazWaste Center

The following items are not accepted at the HazWaste Center, but other options for proper disposal exist. Unless noted, do not dispose of these items in the trash.

  • Empty paint cans are trash, not hazardous waste. If you have empty paint cans, let them dry completely, leave the lids off and put them in your regular trash.
  • Full Propane tanks: we do not accept full or partially full propane tanks. Please use all your propane and bring only completely empty tanks to the District Transfer Station for special recycling.
  • Fireworks, flares, explosives 
  • Ammunition 
  • Medical waste
  • Radioactive waste
  • Laboratory chemicals

HHW Resources

For more information, see: