Don't trash your Household Hazardous Wastes (HHW)
Items such as poisons, paints, oil, solvents, automotive fluids, cleaners, herbicides and many others must not be dumped into the regular garbage. It is also ILLEGAL to dispose of "Universal Wastes", such as Household Batteries, Fluorescent Tubes, Mercury Thermometers and many Electronic Devices in the trash or landfill.
Common
Household Hazardous Wastes
The following is a list of most common HHW
materials, click any item below to display a list of companies that accept that
type of material. Only SOME of these materials are accepted at local
HHW Facilities listed below, so prior to transport please be sure to
contract your local facility to verify acceptance of the materials to be
discarded.
* Material type is not accepted by some or all of the local HHW Facilities.
Transportation Limits: Residents - 15 gallons or 125 pounds, Small Businesses - 27 gallons or 220 pounds. No containers larger than 5 gallons. Please call or visit facilities website for additional details on transportation limits and delivery requirements.
Household Hazardous Waste Facilities
Residents can safely discard a wide variety of
household hazardous wastes to their local Household Hazardous Waste Facility at
no charge. Must be a resident or qualified small business in
specified portion of County to use these facilities (e.g. must be resident
or qualified small business in West County to use West County Facility). Click
the appropriate link below for information regarding the materials accepted at
the facility serving your area (only some of the HHW types listed above
are accepted at these facilities and it varies by facility). Please call facility for details about
their hours, transportation limits and delivery requirements.
Central
County Facility
4797 Imhoff Place, Martinez
(800) 646-1431
East
County Facility
2550 Pittsburg-Antioch Highway, Antioch
(925) 756-1990
West
County Facility
101 Pittsburg Ave., Richmond
(888) 412-9277
Complete listing of all Household
Hazardous Wastes and other materials
Click either category below for listing of all locations or services that accept
household hazardous wastes and other materials (listed by type):
For listings of local facilities,
collection services or mail-back programs that accept other materials,
use our:
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