Free Household Hazardous Waste Collection
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 1st and 2nd, 2024.
WHO’S ELIGIBLE: All residential customers; limited to a combined 220 pounds per customer. Please contact the Baling Facility at 907-772-3228 or Public Works at 907-772-4430.
WHAT’S ELIGIBLE: Solvents, Oil, Paint, Antifreeze, Cleaners, Poisons, Acids, Caustics, Furniture Stripper, Herbicides, Pesticides, Printing and Photographic Chemicals, Batteries, Stain, all other household wastes EXCEPT for the items listed below.
WHAT’S NOT ELIGIBLE: Explosives, Blasting Caps and Gun Powder. Reactives such as Sodium Metal, Radioactive Waste and Asbestos Containing Material.
WHERE: Petersburg Borough Solid Waste Baling Facility, 1301 Reservoir Road
WHEN: Saturday, June 1st & Sunday, June 2nd, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Information
- Bring waste to the collection site on the scheduled days during hours of operation. DO NOT LEAVE ITEMS AT THE SITE DURING OFF HOURS.
- Do not mix wastes.
- If a container is unmarked or not the original container, let a collection crew person know what is in the container, if possible.
- All waste must be brought to the collection site at the Petersburg Solid Waste Baling Facility, 1301 Reservoir Road.
- Waste Oil: Please label the container.
- Paint: Do not mix oils and latex.
- Avoid bringing children or pets to the collection event.
Items Not Accepted
- Food wastes
- Household trash or scrap metal. (Cardboard boxes and plastic bags used to transport the waste will be accepted for disposal.)
- Explosives such as blasting caps and gunpowder
- Gas cylinders such as oxygen, propane, refrigerant or similar
- Reactives such as sodium metal or radioactive wastes
- Infectious wastes
- Large lithium and cadmium batteries
- Asbestos Containing Material
