Bring your Household Hazardous Waste, things that you can’t put in the regular trash can, to a SafeChem Dropoff during the Spring Forum for free LGROW swag! No registration needed.
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)
A product is considered hazardous if it has one or more of the following properties: toxic, flammable, corrosive, or reactive. Bring household hazardous waste to county disposal events or drop off locations. Learn more at www.reimaginetrash.org/events/
Hazardous waste should be from homes, NOT businesses, farms, or schools.
Accepted
Garage and Automotive Products
Antifreeze/engine coolant
Automotive fluids
Fuel additives
Gas & gas-oil mix, including diesel
Motor oil
Propane tanks (only small, non-refillable tanks only)
Windshield washer fluid
Other garage and automotive products
Workshop/Painting Supplies
Adhesive, caulking & glue
Deck, patio & chimney cleaner
Furniture stripper
Oil-based paint & stain, lacquer
Solvent cleaning fluid
Roof coating, sealant
Thinner, turpentine, removers, or strippers
Other workshop and painting supplies
Home and Garden Products
Fertilizer
Fungicide
Herbicide/Weed Killer
Household Cleaners,Powders, & Sprays
Ammonia, bathroom or kitchen cleaners, bleach, lye, oven cleaner, spot remover, wood and metal cleaners or polish, and more.
Hygiene Products
Body wash, hair products, and more.
Insecticide/Pesticide/Rodenticide
Ant dust, mosquito spray, rodent poison, and more.
Kerosene or home heating oil (call for details on accepted size & quantity limits)
Pool Chemicals
Other lawn & garden products
Miscellaneous Products
Aerosol cans/inhalers
Ammunition
CO2 cartridges (paintball, carbonated drink machines)
Fire extinguishers
Fireworks
Fluorescent light bulbs, including CFL bulbs
Inks and dyes
Lighters and lighter fluid
Mercury thermometers & thermostats
Propane tanks (small, non-refillable tanks only)
Rechargeable batteries
Other hazardous waste (flammable, toxic, corrosive, and explosive products)
Not Accepted
Alkaline Batteries (now safe for the trash); rechargeable, lithium, and cadmium batteries we still accept
Barrels or large drums – nothing larger than a five-gallon container. Please call us for options for disposal of these quantities.
Friable asbestos – Call the local Michigan Department of Environmental Quality at (616) 356-0500 for proper removal guidelines and disposal requirements and regulations.
Latex paint (water based) – may be dried out and placed in your regular trash. DO NOT place in your recycling bin please.
Materials from farms, businesses, offices, schools or institutions.
Empty hazardous waste can, containers, jugs or tubs