Hazardous Waste Collection Day-9/21/2024-GCC Main Campus and Orange Transfer Station

Pre-Register required by 9/13/2024 at : franklincountywasedistrict.org

FRANKLIN COUNTY
HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAY

Saturday, September 21, 2024

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE REGISTRATION FORM

Registration deadline is Friday, September 13th.

Collection sites at Greenfield Community College (GCC) and

Orange Transfer Station

LATEX PAINT IS NOT ACCEPTED AT THIS COLLECTION.

For residents and businesses in the following towns:
Athol, Barre*, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Petersham, Phillipston, Rowe, Royalston, Shelburne, Sunderland*, Warwick, Wendell, Whately

*Residents of Barre and Sunderland must pay to participate.

You must PRE-REGISTER to participate. After registering, you will receive a postcard in the mail assigning you a time and giving you directions to the collection site. Please call our office if you haven't received a registration time within seven days of submitting your information. All registration times will be emailed between 9/13 and 9/20.

Businesses will be charged for disposal cost. Call 413-772-2438 for business registration information.

Materials NOT collected: auto batteries, household batteries, fluorescent lights, compact fluorescent lights, mercury thermostats, mercury thermometers. Most town transfer stations accept these items year-round.

LATEX PAINT IS NOT ACCEPTED AT THIS COLLECTION. WHAT TO BRING
Any substance labeled:
CAUSTIC, TOXIC, CORROSIVE,
POISON, FLAMMABLE, WARNING, DANGER, CAUTION

ANTIFREEZE
ARTS & CRAFTS SUPPLIES
ASPHALT SEALER
BRAKE FLUID
CARBURETOR CLEANER
CHEMISTRY KITS
CREOSOTE
DEGREASERS
DRAIN CLEANERS
ENGINE DEGREASER
FLEA POWDER
FUNGICIDES
FURNITURE POLISH
GASOLINE
GAS TREATMENTS
HERBICIDES
INSECT SPRAYS
KEROSENE
LIGHTER FLUID
METAL POLISH
MOTHBALLS

MURIATIC ACID
NO-PEST STRIPS

OVEN CLEANERS
PAINT: OIL-BASED or LEAD ONLY (NO
LATEX)
PAINT THINNERS
PESTICIDES
PHOTO CHEMICALS
POOL CHEMICALS
RADIATOR FLUSHER
RODENT KILLERS
ROOFING TAR
ROOT KILLERS
RUST PROOFERS
SEALANTS
SOLVENTS
SPOT REMOVER
STAINS
TOILET CLEANERS
TRANSMISSION FLUID
UPHOLSTERY CLEANER
USED MOTOR OIL
VARNISH
WOOD STRIPPERS
WOOD PRESERVATIVES

WHAT NOT TO BRING

FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS* (see below for alternate disposal options), LATEX PAINT, ASBESTOS, GAS CYLINDERS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, EMPTY CONTAINERS FROM HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS, EXPLOSIVES INCLUDING AMMUNITION AND FIREWORKS

*Mercury-containing items, such as thermostats and thermometers, will not be accepted; fluorescent bulbs are not accepted. CFLs and other fluorescent bulbs are accepted at the following locations: Lowe’s Stores; at all District transfer stations (handle carefully and hand to attendant); and Greenfield Transfer Station (handle carefully and hand to attendant). Additionally, mercury-containing items and bulbs are accepted at the Regional Hazardous Waste Collection sites in Colrain and Conway.

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