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Household Hazardous Waste Collection

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Fisher School
9:00 AM–1:00 PM
(Walpole Residents Only)

Fee Rates:

  • $10/Car for Up to 25 Gallons or 25 lbs. of Hazardous Waste Materials*
  • $10/Televisions & Monitors up to 26" diagonal
  • $25/Televisions & Monitors 27" to 40" diagonal
  • $75/Television over 40" diagonal

NO CHARGE FOR: Oil, Car Batteries, Antifreeze, Propane Tanks

(Tires will NOT be collected at this event.)

*Acceptable Household Hazardous Waste Materials
(Walpole Residents Only, Please)

The following is a representative list of the types of materials that will be accepted:

General Household
  • **Oil-based paint, varnish, stain, shellac, paint strippers
  • Turpentine, paint thinner
  • Wood preservatives
  • Metal cleaners, ammonia cleaners
  • Furniture, floor, and metal polishes
  • Floor car products/wax stripper
  • Rug & upholstery cleaners
  • Aerosol cans
  • Moth balls/crystals
  • Solvent adhesives
  • Acids
  • Hobby supplies including rubber cement, airplane glue, etc.
  • Photography chemicals
  • Chemistry set chemicals
  • Flammable liquids, fire starters
  • Artist supplies
  • Fiberglass resins
  • Asbestos, if wetted and in double plastic bag
  • 2,4,5 Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid
Lawn/Garden
  • Insecticides
  • Pesticides
  • Poisons
  • Herbicides
  • Weed killers
  • Fungicides
  • Fertilizers
  • Flea/tick powder
  • No-pest strips
  • Cesspool cleaners
  • Flammable liquids
  • Fire starters
Bathroom
  • Toilet cleaners
  • Medicines
  • Cosmetics
  • Nail polish remover
  • Hair color
  • Aerosol deodorant
Kitchen
  • Lighter fluid
  • Over cleaners
  • Drain cleaners
Laundry
  • Chlorine bleach
  • Brighteners
  • Spray starch
  • Spot removes
  • Detergents
  • Softeners
  • Whiteners
Automotive
  • Waste fuels such as gasoline and kerosene
  • Tire cleaners
  • Radiator flush
  • Transmission fluid
  • Engine solvent
  • Degreasers
  • Carburetor cleaner
  • Brake fluid

**Latex paint is NOT considered a hazardous waste. Dry up any leftover paint and place it with your regular trash.

NO EXPLOSIVES, MEDICAL WASTES, PCBs OR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THIS COLLECTION.

For more information please

call the Walpole Board of Health at (508)660-7321

Sponsored by the Walpole Board of Health

Flyers courtesy of the Westwood/Walpole League of Women Voters

 
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