Fairfax City Refuse And Recycling Tips: Don't Trash Liquids; And, How To Dispose Of Paint Cans

Press release from the City of Fairfax:

07/27/2020

Be sure to empty liquid from containers placed in refuse and recycling bins before placing bins at the curb. This prevents liquid from spilling on workers and leaking onto the road from collection trucks.

Empty latex paint cans are accepted curbside for disposal; please remove the lid from the paint can when setting the empty can at the curb. To dry paint remnants in the can, please use a drying agent such as kitty litter, paper, or sand — and dry the paint completely before disposal. Remember to remove the lid when setting at the curb. Click here for more information on latex paint can disposal.

Reusable *full* or nearly full cans of latex paint are accepted at the Fairfax County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Site at the I-66 Transfer Station, 4618 West Ox Road, for donation to Habitat for Humanity. Please notify staff of any reusable full or near-full cans of latex paint for donation. To visit the Household Hazardous Waste website, click here.

Oil-based paint is hazardous waste and is not accepted curbside - please take it to the Fairfax County Household Hazardous Waste disposal site at the I-66 Transfer Station, 4618 West Ox Road. Click here for information about the I-66 Transfer Station.

This press release was produced by the City of Fairfax. The views expressed here are the author’s own.