Westlake Hazardous Waste Round-Up This Week

WESTLAKE, OH - It's time to get rid of that hard to dispose of hazardous waste in your house. The Westlake Service Center will be accepting a variety of chemicals and items from Sept. 19 to Sept. 24 at the Service Center, 714 Bassett Rd.

The Service Center will accept hazardous items from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday-Friday, and from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday.

The Service Center is only accepting items from individual households. Items coming from churches, businesses and other organizations will not be accepted.

The Service Center put out a flyer detailing which items it would accept and which it would not.

Acceptable items:

• Paints
• Oil or solvent based paints
• Sealers, primers, coatings, varnishes, shellacs, and polyurethane
• Paint thinner, mineral spirits, turpentine, spray paint
• Pesticides
• Pesticides (bug and rodent killers)
• Herbicides (weed killer)
• Insecticides (bug killers)
• Fungicides (fungus killers)
• Other accepted items
• Caustic household cleaners
• Automotive fluids, motor oil, car batteries
• Adhesives, roof tar, driveway sealer
• Kerosene, gasoline, lighter fluid
• Mercury, fluorescent bulbs (6 ft. length maximum)

The Service Center also listed a group of items that it would not accept, including things like latex paint, explosives, gun powder, and more. To see the full list, click here.