Household Hazardous Waste

This regional service makes it easier for residents of member communities to properly manage toxic waste. If your town is not listed contact Devens HHW to find out how your town can be a member too!  

Current list of towns: Ashby-Ayer-Bolton-Clinton-Devens-Groton-Harvard-Lancaster-Littleton-Lunenburg-Pepperell-Shirley-Stow-Townsend  

Center is also available to member town businesses that do not exceed DEP’s threshold for Very Small Quantity Generators (VSQGs) and generate less than 220 pounds (approximately 27 gallons) of ignitable, corrosive, reactive, toxic, or hazardous waste or waste oil per month and no acutely hazardous waste. Businesses are required to pre-register via email or phone. Business disposal fees will be based on the materials being managed.

More details including what materials the facility does and doesn’t accept are listed on the Collection Center website.

We thank the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for grant funding that helped establish this facility.

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.

More information here

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.