Pouring chemicals down the drain, dumping them on the ground, or putting them in the trash is dangerous and harmful to the environment. The City of Austin Household Hazardous Waste Facility is open to City of Austin and Travis County residents and businesses for the purpose of safely disposing hazardous waste.
Hazardous waste includes anything that is flammable, corrosive, toxic, poisonous, reactive, or explosive and should not be put in your trash. Look for words like “Caution,” “Warning” or “Danger” on the label.
Common hazardous waste items around the house include paints and solvents, lawn care chemicals, household cleaning products and automotive products. Products such as batteries, thermometers and fluorescent lights are also hazardous.
Empty oil-based paint and solvent containers should be taken to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility. Empty latex paint containers can be treated differently. Leave the lids off the empty latex paint containers to allow any residue to dry out. Then place the empty containers and lids in your trash, not in your recycling bin. Do not put the lids back on the containers.
To dispose of containers from cleaners, pesticides and lawn care products,rinse the empty containers three times and use the rinse water like you used the product. Some empty plastic bottles can be recycled, depending on the type of plastic and the contents. Other containers should be placed in the trash. Empty aerosol cans should go in the trash.
Empty motor oil containers can be placed in the trash. The residue prevents the bottle from being recycled. Oil filters cannot be put in the trash. Please take these to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility.
Residents of Austin and Travis County may drop-off limited quantities of hazardous waste free of charge to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility located at 2514 Business Center Drive (map) Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 12 noon to 6 p.m. and the first Saturday of each month from 7 a.m. to 12 noon
The Hazardous Waste Facility does not accept:
Radioactive waste
Needles, syringes or medical waste
Ammunition
Explosive materials
Computers or other appliances
Compressed gas cylinders
Cooking oil
Any waste generated by a business
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