Roswell Wants Your Household Hazardous Waste Items

Roswell's Public Works/Environmental Department will soon give its residents a chance to recycle their hazardous waste items.

The agency will hold a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event on June 14 from 9 a.m. to noon. The event will not be held at the Roswell Recycling Center, but at the city's public works/transportation/fire facilities at 1810 Hembree Road. 

The event is for residents only, so no commercial entities are allowed to participate. 

Items accepted are:

• Oil-based paint (latex paint will not be accepted)
• Paint thinner/turpentine
• Pesticides including: fertilizers, herbicides, flea and tick products, fungicides, insecticides, rodenticides
• Undiluted pool chemicals
• Household cleaners
• Fluorescent bulbs
• Propane gas cylinders
• Mercury thermometers/thermostats
• Household batteries (non-rechargeable)
• Aerosols including aerosol paint
• Automotive brake fluid/used motor oil filters (no other automotive fluids)

The Environmental Quality Company will be handling and disposing of the materials. Materials cannot be dropped off prior to the event. 

For more information please contact Janet Liberman at jliberman@roswellgov.com or (770) 641-3715.