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Household Hazardous Waste
Disposal (HHW)
Erie County Solid Waste
Management District
www.ErieCountyRecycles.org

What is HHW?
• Listed Wastes
• Characteristic Wastes
• Universal Wastes
• Mixed Wastes

Listed Wastes
• Wastes that EPA has determined are
hazardous. The lists include the F-list
(wastes from common manufacturing and
industrial processes), K-list (wastes from
specific industries), and P- and U-lists
(wastes from commercial chemical
products).

Examples of Listed Wastes
• F-Listed Wastes
– Solvents used for
degreasing
– Metal treatment
– WWTP
• K-Listed Wastes
– Wood preservation
– Iron and steel
production
• P-Listed Wastes
– Aldrin
– Calcium
– Cyanide
• U-Listed Wastes
– Acetone
– Benzene
– Lead acetate

Characteristic Wastes
• Wastes that do not meet any of the listed
wastes criteria, but that exhibit ignitability,
corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity.
• Examples:
• Laquer thiner
• Mineral spirits
• Oil based paint

Universal Wastes
• Batteries, pesticides, mercury-containing
equipment (e.g., thermostats) and lamps
(e.g., fluorescent bulbs).

Mixed Wastes
• Waste that contains both radioactive and
hazardous waste components.
• Examples:
– Organic compounds
– Mercury contaminated with radioactive
materials

Mixed Waste Contacts
Ohio EPA, Division of Hazardous Waste
Management
Jeremy Carroll
Phone: (614) 644-2917
Emergency Hotline: (800) 282-9378
Email: jeremy.carroll@epa.state.oh.us

Erie County SWMD
• Limited Services
• Some Free Outlets
• Please Remember – that a lot of our
programs are designed for residential use
not commercial or industrial use.

Free Outlets
• Antifreeze
– Kasper Buick Pontiac, Sandusky
– Bob’s Auto Wrecking, Milan
– Precision Paving, Milan
• Batteries, Lead Acid Batteries
– Sandusky Steel
• Electronics
– Staples
– Best Buy
– Goodwill

Free Outlets
• Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
– Lowes
– Home Depot
• Mercury
– Huron Basin WWTP
• Motor Oil
– Kasper Buick Pontiac, Sandusky
– Bob’s Auto Wrecking, Milan
– Precision Paving, Milan

Free Outlets
• Styrofoam
– Buckeye Industries-large pieces
– UPS-packing peanuts

Events
• Document Shredding Event
– Last Friday in March of every year
• Appliance & Electronics Round-Up
– July of every year
• Household Hazardous Waste
– October of every year when funds allow
– Do not bring radioactive waste or explosives to this
collection

Other Outlets
• Tire Recycling Program
– Erie County Sanitary Landfill
– $0.10 per pound
• Latex Paint
– Can be hardened with kitty litter, sawdust, or
concrete and disposed of in trash.

Quick Links
Yellow Card

Erie County SWMD
Webpage

Ohio EPA Recyclers
• Material Specific
• Certified Household Hazardous Waste
Recyclers
• Certified Universal Waste Recyclers
• Ewaste Materials

Ohio Materials Exchange
(OMEx)
www.myomex.com

Association of Ohio Recyclers
(AOR)
www.aor-omex.org

Questions?

Thank You!
Erie County Solid Waste Management District
Lisa Beursken, Coordinator
LBeursken@eriecounty.oh.gov
Work: (419) 433-7303
Cell: (440) 653-0178