Accepted Hazardous Household Waste Items

The following toxic, corrosive, flammable and reactive items are accepted at the Montgomery County Household Hazardous Waste events:

  • Acids, caustics, solvents
  • Adhesives/solvents
  • Antifreeze
  • Aerosols
  • Asphalt sealers
  • Automotive products
  • Ballast*                      (removed from light fixture)
  • Butane
  • Carburetor cleaners
  • Caulking compounds
  • Cleaning agents
  • Cooking oil
  • Diesel fuel
  • Drain/oven cleaners
  • Driveway Sealer
  • Dry cleaning fluid
  • Electric oil filled heaters
  • Flammables
  • Fertilizer
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Fluorescent bulbs* (removed from light fixture)
  • Formalin
  • Fuel additives
  • Furniture stripper and finisher
  • Gasoline
  • Grease and rust solvents
  • Herbicide (weed killers)
  • Joint compound
  • Kerosene
  • Lead
  • Lead acid batteries
  • Loose mercury
  • Mercury car switches
  • Mothballs/flakes
  • Motor oil
  • Oil-based paint products
  • Organic peroxide
  • Other mercury bearing items  
  • Oxidizers  
  • Paint thinner
  • Pepper Spray
  • Pesticides
  • Propane cylinders - mini 1lb cylinders only

  • Primer
  • Reactives
  • Rechargeable batteries
  • Rodent poison
  • Roof cements
  • Rug cleaners
  • Septic tank degreaser
  • Shellac
  • Spot removers
  • Spray paint products
  • Stains and varnish
  • Swimming pool chemicals
  • Thermometers
  • Thermostats
  • Toilet bowl cleaners
  • Transmission/brake fluid
  • Turpentine
  • Varnish
  • Wood and metal cleaners

* Please do not bring the metal light fixture with the ballast and bulbs still attached. 

Unacceptable Items
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