Alternative Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off Locations

• Orange Drop 
  Many retailers take back select household hazardous waste (paint, batteries, oil filters, pesticides, solvents, antifreeze, etc.) for recycling or safe disposal. Orange Drop is a Stewardship Ontario program that ensures materials are safely recycled or disposed. Visit www.makethedrop.ca  for acceptable materials and drop off locations.
• Take It Back! Halton 
  Take It Back! Halton is a directory of local businesses, non-profit organizations and
  municipal facilities that take back materials to be reused, recycled or disposed, such as
  household batteries. For a full list of Take It Back! Halton partners and materials, visit
  www.halton.ca/takeitback .
• Special Waste Drop-off Days
  Halton holds free Special Waste Collection Drop-off Days throughout the Region to make the recycling and safe disposal of household hazardous waste and electronic waste more accessible. Dates and locations of Special Waste Drop-off Days

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Household Hazardous Waste Depot at the Halton Waste Management Site

Halton residents can drop off limited quantities of household hazardous waste, free of charge at the Halton Waste Management Site. Each year the HHW Depot recycles or properly disposes over 800,000 litres of household hazardous waste.

There is a 20 litre maximum per visit. No commercial hazardous waste can be accepted.

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Acceptable Household Hazardous Waste (20 litres max)

• Acids (rust remover)
• Aerosol cans (full)
• Antifreeze
• Batteries (household and car)
• Bleach
• Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs)
• Fertilizers
• Fluorescent tubes (8 maximum)
• Fuels
• Garden chemicals
• Household cleaners
• Medications
• Motor oil and filters
• Paint
  • Empty paint cans (dry with lids removed) can go in the Blue Box
  • Other empty containers (with no liquid or power residue) can be disposed of with regular garbage
• Pesticides
• Pool chemicals
• Propane tanks (including those using the Green Key® product)
• Solvents
• Stains
• Varsol

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Not Accepted

• Commercial Hazardous Waste
• Radioactive waste
• PCB waste
• Bio-medical waste
• Explosives

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