How does a person get rid of household hazardous waste (HHW)?
Most counties, have established household hazardous waste collection programs. The intent of this program is to separate hazardous wastes generated from households for disposal in a more environmentally sound manner than incineration or landfilling. In addition to establishing collection times where wastes can be delivered to manned collection sites throughout the county, they often have mobile units which travel to various communities to make it as easy as possible for the householder to properly dispose of his hazardous waste. This service costs nothing and is available to all householders. Call your local county government or local DEP district office for more information. Hazardous wastes brought to these centers are recycled when possible.
