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Acceptable vs. Unacceptable Waste

Acceptable Hazardous Waste

• Small Business hazardous waste 
• Acetone nail polish remover 
• Acid or bases
• Adhesives (all types)
• Aerosol can (full or partially full)
• Alkyd and lead-based paint/stain
• Antifreeze
• Automobile batteries
• Barbeque propane cylinder (small green and large 20 lb)
• Batteries (single use)
• Bleach
• Blueprint Ink
• Brake fluid
• Car care products
• Car wax
• Chemicals
• Chlorine
• Cleaners and detergents
• Cooking oil
• Deodorant (contents)
• Drain cleaner
• Driveway sealer
• Electronics
  • CD-ROM Drives
  • Cell Phones/Telephones/Answering Machines
  • Computer Disk Drives
  • Computer Keyboards/Mouse
  • Computer Terminals
  • Digital Cameras
  • Microcomputers/Minicomputers
  • Personal Computers (Laptop/Notebook/Notepad)
  • Printers/Fax Machines
  • Monitors (LCD/Plasma/CRT)
  • Radios/Stereo Equipment
  • Scanners
  • Speakers
  • Televisions (LCD/Plasma/CRT/Rear Projection)
  • Turntables
  • Video Projectors
• Energy efficient light bulb
• Fertilizers
• Fire extinguisher
• Fluorescent light bulb/tubes
• Fluorescent tube light (whole)(8 per day)
• Fuel
• Garden chemicals
• Gas
• Glue
• Grease (automobile) 
• Helium tanks
• Herbicides
• Insecticides
• Kerosene
• Lancet - in hard plastic containers (old coffee cans etc.)
• Lighter
• Lighter fluid
• Locker
• Medication
• Mercury thermometers/thermostats
• Motor oil - 20 Litres (5 gal) or smaller containers
• Nail polish
• Nail polish and remover
• Needles - in hard plastic containers (old coffee cans, etc.)
• Oil filter
• Oven cleaner
• Oxygen tank
• Paint can (full or partially full)
• Paint thinner
• Perfume
• Pesticides
• Photographic chemicals
• Pool chemicals
• Pool heater/pump/metal filters
• Rechargeable batteries -separated from regular household batteries
• Salt (driveway)
• Solvents
• Syringe - in hard plastic containers (old coffee cans, etc.)
• Transmission fluid
• Turpentine
• Varnishes
• Vitamins and supplements

Unacceptable Hazardous Waste

• Large Commercial Business hazardous waste 
• Radioactive waste 
• PCB waste (light ballast, etc.) 
• Bio-medical waste 
• Explosives / Ammunition / Fire Arms 
• Asbestos products of any kind
• Large spray foam insulation canisters (return to place of purchase)