Many everyday household products contain hazardous materials that shouldn’t be thrown away with regular trash.
This list highlights potentially harmful items from cleaning supplies to automotive products that need careful handling and responsible disposal.
Common Household Hazardous Waste Services (HHW)
Items discarded from a residential household that may be reactive, toxic, explosive, or corrosive fall into this classification.
We are committed to the communities we serve to safely handle and dispose of these materials.
Common Items in Your Home That Require Special Disposal
Identifying Household Hazardous Waste
The following list shows common household items containing potentially hazardous ingredients that might be found in your garage, basement or other storage space in your home.
Cleaning Products
- Oven cleaners
- Drain cleaners
- Wood and metal cleaners and polishes
- Toilet cleaners
- Tub, tile, shower cleaners
- Bleach (laundry)
- Pool chemicals
Automotive Products
- Motor oil
- Fuel additives
- Carburetor and fuel injection cleaners
- Air conditioning refrigerants
- Starter fluids
- Automotive batteries
- Transmission and brake fluid
- Antifreeze
Lawn and Garden Products
- Herbicides
- Insecticides
- Fungicides/wood preservatives
Other Flammable Products
- Propane tanks and other compressed gas cylinders
- Kerosene
- Home heating oil
- Diesel fuel
- Gas/oil mix
- Lighter fluid
Indoor Pesticides
- Ant sprays and baits
- Cockroach sprays and baits
- Flea repellents and shampoos
- Bug sprays
- Houseplant insecticides
- Moth repellents
- Mouse and rat poisons and baits
Workshop / Painting Supplies
- Adhesives and glues
- Furniture strippers
- Oil or enamel based paint
- Stains and finishes
- Paint thinners and turpentine
- Paint strippers and removers
- Photographic chemicals
- Fixatives and other solvents
Miscellaneous
- Batteries – home and vehicle
- Mercury thermostats or thermometers
- Fluorescent light bulbs
- Driveway sealer
- Rocks containing naturally producing trace radiation
Electronics
- TV’s
- Computers
- Laptops
- Cell phones
- Printers
- Fax machines
- MP3 players
- DVD/CD tape players
Bio Hazardours Medical
- Needles
- Trace contaminated chemotherapy waste
- Other
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