Household Hazardous Waste Examples

Please help protect the environment

Take your household hazardous waste to an Eco Station free of charge. See below for some examples of household hazardous waste materials.

Automotive

  • Motor oil (max container size - 20 litres.), oil filters, and containers
  • Car batteries, antifreeze, gas, diesel, and containers
  • All automotive fluids, rust remover (max container size - 20 litres)

Corrosive / Poisonous Cleaners

  • Bleach, drain, toilet, oven cleaners, spot removers etc.

Lawn & Garden

  • Herbicide, pesticide, fertilizer, etc.

Lighting

  • All light bulbs, fluorescent tubes/ballasts, lighting fixtures

Other

  • Aerosol cans (full or partially full)
  • Batteries (all kinds) - for a listing of retailers who accept rechargeable batteries for recycling contact RBRC
  • Caulking, cement powder
  • Fire extinguishers, propane tanks or bottles (max 20 lbs)
  • Smoke detectors
  • Needles and syringes (packaged in a screw-top plastic bottle like a bleach or vinegar bottle)
  • Photo chemicals and glues
  • Railway ties (charges apply )

Paints and Stains

  • Paint and stain (full or empty cans-including aerosols - max container size - 20 litres. )

Non-hazardous

Appliances & Scrap Metals

  • Computer equipment, monitors, keyboards, hard drives
  • Toasters, blenders, waffle irons, etc.
  • Phones, fax machines, answering machines, etc.
  • TVs, tape recorders, video camera, VCRs, turntables, personal stereos, slide projectors, cameras, speakers, etc.
  • Power tools, vacuum cleaners, floor polishers. etc.
  • BBQs, lawnmowers, car parts, etc.
  • Washers, dryers, dishwashers, microwave ovens, etc.
  • Fridges, freezers, air conditioners (charges apply for CFC removal)

Eco Stations cannot accept:

  • Commercial hazardous waste
  • Commercial biomedical waste
  • Expired medications
  • Explosives
  • Radioactive waste
  • Munitions
  • Fireworks
  • Pressurized gases

For more information:

Telephone

In Edmonton: 311

Outside Edmonton: 780-442-5311

Email wasteman@edmonton.ca

Eco Station Addresses:
Strathcona: 5150-99 Street - Enter on 99 Street only
Coronation: 11440-143 Street   
Ambleside: 14710 Ellerslie Road SW  

 

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Closed Sunday, Monday and statutory holidays

Summer -  March 28, 2011 to November 19, 2011
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