Year Round Hazardous Waste Options
Look in any storage cabinet in your home or garage. Do you see products such as
paint thinner, pesticides, fertilizers, windshield wiper fluid, antifreeze, brake
fluid, batteries, furniture polish, drain opener, and oven cleaner? If you have
these types of products, then you have household hazardous waste. Because of their
chemical nature, they can poison, corrode, explode or ignite easily when handled
improperly See the
Hazardous Waste
Identification
Information sheet
Household hazardous waste requires special handling and disposal. Our health and
environment are at risk. It is important that each of us is responsible for the
products we use.
So what are your options?
- Use it up. Use it for its intended purpose and then make a point of not buying that
product in the future.
See
Household Hazardous
Waste Alternative
Information sheet
for products that do the
same job without the
hazards.
- Give the product to someone else who can use it.
- Avoid buying Household Hazardous Products in the future.
- Take it to a
disposal depot. Se
the
BC Product Stewardship
website for a list
of acceptable products
and where to take them.
- Check the Recycling
Council of BC
Recyclepedia webpage
for local recycling
options for many
hazardous products.
Other Disposal Options
Annual Hazardous Waste Roundup
How We're Doing?
Since 1999, a number of areas have been tracked to provide a benchmark and indication
of how our Waste Management programs are performing. Here's how we're doing
in the areas of
Solid Waste,
Recycling and
Hazardous Waste.
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