Free Household Hazardous Waste Collection This Weekend In Bucks

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Bucks County will hold its next hazardous waste collection on Saturday, June 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Central Bucks High School South, 1100 Folly Road, Warrington.

Residents can drop off their household hazardous waste anytime during the collection drive. Acceptable items include pesticides, cleaning agents, pool chemicals, gasoline, and oil-based paint.

Registration is not required for the collection, which is offered as a free public service by the Bucks County Commissioners and the Bucks County Planning Commission.

Only residential household hazardous waste will be accepted. No items will be taken from businesses, industries, or institutions.

Here’s what you can bring:

• Up to 25 gallons or 220 pounds of hazardous products. Hazardous products will have cautionary words on the label, for example: Danger, warning, or caution. Other words or phrases that can signal hazardous products include: poisonous, hazardous, combustible, flammable, corrosive, volatile, caustic, irritant, explosive, toxic, use with adequate ventilation, or avoid inhaling.

• Acceptable items include: pesticides; oil-based paint and paint products; automotive products (gasoline, motor oil, antifreeze); pool chemicals; degreasers and cleaners; mercury thermostats; fluorescent tubes; fire extinguishers; mini propane tanks of two pounds or less; lead-acid batteries (car, marine, motorcycle and truck); and rechargeable, lithium or button-type household batteries. There is a limit of 25 gallons or 220 pounds of acceptable materials per household.

• Unacceptable items include, but are not limited to: TVs and other electronics, appliances, asbestos, medical waste, explosives, radioactive and unidentified waste, large gas cylinders, tires and smoke detectors. Please note that if you have water-based latex paint or alkaline batteries, these can be safely put in your regular trash collection and therefore will not be accepted at the collection.

Here are some guidelines for safely transporting household hazardous waste to the collection site:

• Keep all products in their original containers with labels intact and lids on tight.
• Place materials securely in a box to prevent spilling.
• Wrap leaking containers in newspaper and place in a plastic container for transport.
• Do not mix materials.
• Do not leave hazardous materials loaded in a vehicle or other hot, unventilated areas for prolonged periods.
• Do not smoke near any chemicals.

Additional collections in 2024 are scheduled for:

• August 10 at Bensalem High School, 4319 Hulmeville Road, Bensalem..
• October 26 at Strayer Middle School, 300 Ronald Reagan Drive, Quakertown.

For additional information, visit www.buckscounty.org/recycling.