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If you have household hazardous waste you want to get rid of, you can drop it off in New Canaan today, Saturday, Sept. 14, or in Westport next Saturday, Sept. 21. Except as noted, the information below is from the New Canaan Public Works Department on that town government’s website:
Where, When, Etc. New Canaan’s Household Household Hazardous Waste Day is Saturday, Sept.
Darien residents are welcome to drop off items at Norwalk’s 2019 Household Hazardous Waste Day on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. You’ve got the rest of this weekend and next week to gather it up and get ready to get it out of your home. — this article is adapted from information on Norwalk’s city government website. You can drop the stuff off from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (rain or shine) at Norwalk High School: 23 Calvin Murphy Dr. (County St.), Norwalk.
The next opportunity for Darien residents who want to get rid of their household hazardous waste — chemical cleaning materials and containers, pesticides, paint strippers (but not paint) and the like — in Stamford on Saturday, June 13. You can bring your hazardous stuff to Rippowam School at 381 High Ridge Road from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Getting there earlier usually means a shorter wait time. You also can bring your poisonous, environmentally harmful or just unhealthy items to other nearby towns if you’re unable to attend this event. Darien, Greenwich and Weston have already had their household hazardous waste days, but residents of those three towns and the ones listed below can go to each other’s waste days. Here’s the schedule:
Items Accepted at Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Days
From the Stamford city government website:
Aerosol Cans (not empty)
Ammonia
Antifreeze
Arts and Crafts Supplies
Bleaches
Brake Fluid
Cesspool Cleaners
Creosote
Drain Cleaners and Openers
Dry Cleaning Fluids
Engine and Radiator Flushes and Cleaners
Floor Cleaners
Gasoline
Herbicides
Home Heating Oil
Insect Sprays
Mercury Thermometers
Metal Polish
Moth Balls
Muriatic Acid
Old Chemistry Sets
Oven Cleaners
Paint Thinners
Pesticides
Photo Chemicals
Pool Chemicals
Rodent Killers
Rust Preventatives
Sealants
Smoke Detectors
Solvents
Transmission Fluid
Wood Preservatives
Electronics, propane tanks, motor oil can be recycled at the Katrina Mygatt Recycling Center.
The next opportunity for Darien residents who want to get rid of their household hazardous waste — chemical cleaning materials and containers, pesticides, paint strippers (but not paint) and the like — in Stamford on Saturday, July 13. You can bring your hazardous stuff to Rippowam School at 381 High Ridge Road from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Getting there earlier usually means a shorter wait time. You also can bring your poisonous, environmentally harmful or just unhealthy items to other nearby towns if you’re unable to attend this event. Darien, Greenwich and Weston have already had their household hazardous waste days, but residents of those three towns and the ones listed below can go to each other’s waste days. Here’s the schedule:
Items Accepted at Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Days
From the Stamford city government website:
Aerosol Cans (not empty)
Ammonia
Antifreeze
Arts and Crafts Supplies
Bleaches
Brake Fluid
Cesspool Cleaners
Creosote
Drain Cleaners and Openers
Dry Cleaning Fluids
Engine and Radiator Flushes and Cleaners
Floor Cleaners
Gasoline
Herbicides
Home Heating Oil
Insect Sprays
Mercury Thermometers
Metal Polish
Moth Balls
Muriatic Acid
Old Chemistry Sets
Oven Cleaners
Paint Thinners
Pesticides
Photo Chemicals
Pool Chemicals
Rodent Killers
Rust Preventatives
Sealants
Smoke Detectors
Solvents
Transmission Fluid
Wood Preservatives
Electronics, propane tanks, motor oil can be recycled at the Katrina Mygatt Recycling Center.
Whether it’s poisonous, environmentally harmful or just unhealthy, you can get it out of your home on Saturday, June 1 — chemical cleaning materials and containers, pesticides, paint strippers (but not paint) and the like — can be dropped off on Darien’s Household Hazardous Waste Day on Saturday, June 1. You also can participate in other events nearby (and avoid that weekend’s traffic), on other weekends if you’re unable to attend this one. — an announcement from the Darien Department of Public Works
CARMAGGEDON WARNING: With the I-95 closure at Exit 9, allow extra time for driving on main roads in Darien, especially near highway exits and possibly with some frustrated, angry drivers on the road.