Public Works to Host Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on October 5, 2019

September 13, 2019

Public Works to Host Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on October 5, 2019

PORTSMOUTH, NH - The Portsmouth Department of Public Works will hold its biannual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Saturday, October 5th, at the Public Works facility at 680 Peverly Hill Road. Residents of Portsmouth, Greenland and Newington are encouraged to bring household chemicals for safe disposal between 8:00 a.m. and noon. Proof of residency is required.

Household hazardous waste collection helps safely dispose of items that can harm residents' health, the environment and drinking water supplies. Chemicals that will be accepted for collection include the following:

  • From the yard: fertilizer with pesticides or fungicides, insect spray, lighter fluid, pest strips/traps, pesticides, poisons, and pool chemicals.
  • From the garage: acids, car waxes/polish, creosote, driveway sealer/tar, flea powder, gasoline, radiator fluid, and roofing tar.
  • From the house: bathroom cleaner, disinfectants, furniture polish, metal polish, mothballs, oven cleaner, photo chemicals, rug cleaner, and wood strippers.
  • From the workbench: brush cleaner, corrosives, lead and oil-based paint/stain/finish, rust preventive solvents, thinner/turpentine, and wood preservatives.

Items that do NOT qualify include:

  • Empty containers for household items, which may be disposed of in the regular trash collection.
  • Explosives, asbestos or medical waste.
  • Latex paint, which may be solidified with kitty litter, sawdust, speedy dry or by opening the can and allowing the paint to completely dry before it is disposed either at the Recycling Center or through regular trash pick-up.

Collection Day is organized as a drive-through service. Residents remain in their vehicles and pull through the Public Works garage, where staff will remove disposable items from car trunks.

For more information on Public Works' initiatives, please reference:

 

Hazardous Waste Drop-off Site Map