Dispose of chemicals safely.
What do you do with your old paint or paint cans? What about motor oil cans and other car liquids? All of these things and more can be taken to your local hazardous waste facility.
Our facility takes all these items:
- Adhesives
- Aerosols
- Arts and Crafts Materials
- Automotive fluids i.e. brake fluid, antifreeze, etc.(Do not bulk fluids together)
- Car Batteries
- Cleaning Products
- Cooking Oil
- Fluorescent Light Bulbs and Tubes (Pack separate from other items to avoid breakage)
- Gasoline (Do not mix with other automotive fluids other than 2-cycle oil)
- Lawn and garden chemicals
- Motor Oil – limit 5 gallons per month (NO TRANSFORMER OIL)
- Paint (latex and oil based)
- Photo Chemicals
- Pool Chemicals
- Rechargeable Batteries
- Solvents, i.e. Paint Thinner, Acetone, Kerosene
- Tires (Limit 4 per month, other drop off options can be found at RecycleSpot)
- Wood Preservatives
- 1-3 lb. Propane Cylinders
I was excited to see the arts and crafts materials as now I can take my glue bottles and glue sticks and paints from the daycare.
It is important to keep these toxins out of the waste stream.
Check into your hazardous waste facility and see what things they accept. I bet that you have some of these at your house ready to be disposed of. In KC, we have to make an appointment for drop-off, so be sure to check before you make the trip out to the facility.