Household Hazardous Waste

Darienites Can Go: New Canaan Household Hazardous Waste Pick-up Day

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There are three more Household Hazardous Waste Days in nearby towns where Darien residents can go to drop off the stuff, and New Canaan’s pickup day is this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Here’s the New Canaan announcement, which includes a list of items you can bring and what you should NOT bring:
Hazardous Waste Day
September 17, 2016 – Household Hazardous Waste Day – 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at The Wastewater Plant (394 Main St.). The Town of New Canaan Residents are allowed to attend Hazardous Waste Days of surrounding Towns on the following list at no cost to the residents. Click here for a list of surrounding Towns. Please have drivers license or registration readily available No commercial (business) loads accepted

What is household hazardous waste? Household hazardous waste can be any improperly discarded product that can be classified as toxic (poisonous), corrosive, flammable or reactive (explosive). Such products can be found in most homes, garages or workshops and when improperly disposed of can poison people and animals and pollute the home and natural environments.

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Darienites Can Go: New Canaan Household Hazardous Waste Pick-up Day is Saturday

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There are three more Household Hazardous Waste Days in nearby towns where Darien residents can go to drop off the stuff, and New Canaan’s pickup day is this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Here’s the New Canaan announcement, which includes a list of items you can bring and what you should NOT bring:
Hazardous Waste Day
September 17, 2016 – Household Hazardous Waste Day – 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at The Wastewater Plant (394 Main St.). The Town of New Canaan Residents are allowed to attend Hazardous Waste Days of surrounding Towns on the following list at no cost to the residents. Click here for a list of surrounding Towns. Please have drivers license or registration readily available No commercial (business) loads accepted

What is household hazardous waste? Household hazardous waste can be any improperly discarded product that can be classified as toxic (poisonous), corrosive, flammable or reactive (explosive). Such products can be found in most homes, garages or workshops and when improperly disposed of can poison people and animals and pollute the home and natural environments.

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Darien Household Hazardous Waste Day Is Saturday — Here’s What to Take

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Your mercury thermometer is among the things to save for Darien’s Household Hazardous Waste Day, which takes place this Saturday, June 4. You can trade in your mercury thermometer for a brand new digital thermometer that day (while supplies last), according to the announcement posted by the Department of Public Works. Here’s a sampling of what else you should be saving for the pickup, which takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the south parking lot of Noroton Heights Railroad Station (normally pretty empty on a weekend anyway):

Toilet bowl and drain cleaners, oven cleaners, rug and upholstery cleaners, furniture, floor and metal polishes, paint strippers, lighter fluid, poisons, insecticides, rubber cement, airplane glue. These are some of the items you can take to the Darien Transfer Station/Darien Recycling Center whenever it’s open — they’ve been collecting more and more things that can be recycled and will not be accepting these at the household hazardous waste drop-off:

Tires, dry cell (flashlight) batteries, motor oil, unbroken fluorescent lights, electronics and rechargable batteries. Paint is another item not being collected this year — it’s another product that can be dropped off at the Darien Transfer Station/Darien Recycling Center.

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Area Household Hazardous Waste Days for Darien Residents

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If you can’t wait for Darien’s scheduled household hazardous waste pickup event on June 4 or need to go before or afterward, here’s a list of surrounding communities that will accept hazardous waste from Darien residents. The Darien Department of Public Works just published the list of Household Hazardous Waste Days for communities from Greenwich to Weston, Wilton and Westport, all of which have co-operative agreements with Darien to accept our residents’ hazardous waste. Here’s more information on Darien’s own pickup event. Here’s the schedule of nearby pickups: