Household Hazardous Waste Collection Guidelines

 

This is your opportunity to properly dispose of the variety of household chemicals that often accumulate in the garage, utility closet or shed.

 

Periodic collections are held in the Killeen area during the year. These collections are for residential materials only. Please check the events calendar for the next collection event.  

No materials will be accepted from business, industry or agricultural operations. Residents should carefully load containers into their vehicles. Glass containers should be cushioned to prevent breakage. Keep chemicals in their original container, with an original label preferred. Place leaking containers in a spill-proof container or bag.

Drop-off Procedures

REMAIN IN YOUR CAR

At the Collection Site, attendants will remove the unwanted materials from your vehicle. DO NOT get out of your vehicle at the drop-off site. If you have a car that has a trunk that must be opened with a key, be prepared to give the key to the attendant.

Prohibited Materials

These materials (items) will not be accepted at the drop-off site:

        • Ammunition
        • Explosives
        • Medical Waste
        • Radioactive Material
        • Compressed Gas Cylinders
        • Electronics

 

Acceptable Materials

 

FLAMMABLES

Petroleum Products, Alcohols

CORROSIVES

Acids & Bases

OXIDIZERS

Fertilizers, Cleaners

POISONS

Pesticides, Herbicides, Heavy Metals, "Killers"

OTHERS

Paint, Automotive Liquids, Fluorescent lamps

 

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FLAMMABLES / COMBUSTIBLES
  • Acetone
  • Adhesives
  • Air fresheners
  • Alcohols
  • Asphalt driveway topping
  • Auto body filler
  • Lighter fluid
  • Benzene
  • Brake fluid
  • Carbon tetrachloride
  • Carburetor cleaner
  • DAP
  • Degreasing solvent
  • Duplicator fluid
  • Epoxy paint
  • Ethanol
  • Ethylene glycol
  • Fiberglass resins
  • Floor/furniture polish/wax
  • Formaldehyde
  • Formalin
  • Glazing compound
  • Glues
  • Grease
  • Liquid sandpaper
  • Marine finishes
  • Metal polish
  • Moth balls/crystals
  • Naptha
  • Neats foot oil
  • Paint pigments
  • Paint strippers
  • Paraffin oil
  • Perchlorethylene
  • Perfume
  • Petroleum distillates
  • Petroleum solvents
  • Pipe joint compound
  • Plastic model cement
  • Plumber's putty
  • Polyurethane cement
  • Pruning paint
  • Roofing cement
  • Rug cleaners
  • Sealers
  • Shellac
  • Spackle
  • Spot remover
  • Tints
  • Tire black
  • Toluene / Toluol
  • 1,1,1 Trichloroethane Trichloroethylene
  • Varnishes
  • Varathanes
  • Wallpaper adhesive
  • WD-40
  • Wood/Tile putty
  • Xylol / Xylene
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CORROSIVES

Acids

  • Acetic acid
  • Battery acid
  • Chloroacetic acid
  • Chromic acid
  • Cresylic acid
  • Hydrochloric acid
  • Muriatic acid
  • Nitric acid
  • Oxalic Acid
  • Phosphoric acid
  • Sulfuric acid
  • Dip It - silver cleaner
  • Disinfectants
  • Drain cleaners
  • Ferric Chloride
  • Hydrogen chloride
  • Metal cleaners
  • Navel Jelly
  • Sheep dip
  • Sodium bisulfate/sodium bisulfite
  • Toilet bowl cleaners
  • Zinc chloride

Bases (Caustics or Alkalines) Ammonia and ammonia cleaners Battery terminal cleaner

  • Cess pool cleaners
  • Drain cleaners
  • Driveway cleaner
  • Floor wax stripper
  • Lye
  • Metal cleaners
  • Pool pH increasers
  • Oven cleaners
  • Septic tank cleaner
  • Soda ash
  • Sodium hydroxide
  • Sodium Metasilicate
  • TSP

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OXIDIZERS
  • Ammonium nitrate
  • Bleach
  • Calcium hypochlorite
  • Chimney cleaner
  • Chlorates
  • Dip It (Coffee pot cleaner)
  • Hair coloring
  • Hydrogen peroxide
  • Iodine
  • Lithium hypochlorite
  • Potassium permanganate Sodium borate
  • Sodium chlorate
  • Sodium hypochlorite
  • Sodium nitrate
  • Stump killer

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POISONS
  • Ammonium chloride
  • Ant & roach killer
  • Arsenic
  • Bacterial pipe cleaner
  • Baygon
  • Bordeaux mix
  • Boric acid C
  • acodylic Acid
  • Cadmium compounds Carbamate Inscticides Chlordane
  • Chromimium compounds Copper oil
  • Copper sulfate
  • DDT
  • Diazinon
  • Disinfectants
  • Dog repellent
  • Dursban
  • Flea powder
  • Fungicides
  • Gopher killer
  • Hydroquinone
  • Isocyanuric acid (dry)
  • Laundry bluing
  • Lead arsenate
  • Lead compounds
  • Lindane
  • Litharge
  • Malithion
  • Methoxychlor
  • Mole killer
  • Pharmaceuticals Phosphorothioate insecticides Pyrethins
  • Roach killer
  • Rochelle Salts
  • Rock salt (Sodium chloride) Rose dust
  • Sevin
  • Sodium chloride
  • Sodium floride
  • Strychnine
  • Sulfur
  • Snail/Slug killer
  • 2,4,Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

 

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OTHERS
ELECTRONICS
  • Latex Paint
  • Motor oil, Differential oil
  • Transmission Fluid
  • Antifreeze
  • Lead Acid Batteries

NO Electronics will be accepted at this Spring's HHW collections.

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