Montgomery Co. Free Hazardous Waste Disposal Is This Weekend

NORRISTOWN, PA — The fourth of seven free household hazardous waste disposal events in Montgomery County will be held this weekend.

The event will take place at Norristown Area High School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Drivers should enter at Whitehall Road.

Attendees should stay in their cars for safety reasons and unlock their trunk or doors for staff to remove waste items.

For a full schedule of all hazardous waste and tire collections in Montgomery County this year, see here.

Here's a list of accepted items:

• Acids, caustics, solvents
• Adhesives/solvents
• Antifreeze
• Aerosols
• Asphalt sealers
• Automotive products
• Butane
• Carburetor cleaners
• Caulking compounds
• Drain/oven cleaners
• Driveway Sealer
• Dry cleaning fluid
• Flammables
• Fertilizer
• Fluorescent bulbs
• Formalin
• Fuel additives
• Furniture stripper and finisher
• Gasoline
• Grease and rust solvents
• Herbicide (weed killers)

• Household products
• Joint compound
• Kerosene
• Lead
• Lead acid batteries
• Loose mercury
• Mercury car switches
• Miscellaneous
• Mothballs/flakes
• Motor oil
• Oil-based paint
• Organic peroxide
• Other mercury bearing items
• Outdoor products
• Oxidizers
• Paint products
• Paint thinner
• Pepper Spray
• Pesticides
• Propane cylinders (20 lb or less)
• Primer
• Reactives
• Rechargeable batteries
• Rodent poison
• Roof cements
• Rug cleaners
• Septic tank degreaser
• Shellac
• Spot removers
• Spray paint products
• Stains and varnish
• Swimming pool chemicals
• Thermometers
• Thermostats
• Toilet bowl cleaners
• Transmission/brake fluid
• Turpentine
• Varnish
• Wood and metal cleaners

These items are not accepted:

• Air conditioners
• Alkaline batteries
• Appliances / white goods
• Asbestos
• De/humidifiers
• Electronics
• Explosives and ammunition
• Latex paint
• Radioactive waste
• Refrigerators
• Smoke detectors
• Tires
• Water coolers