HHW Portage High School 2023
August 12 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
When:
Saturday, August 12th, 2023
9:00am – 2:00pm
Where:
Portage High School
6450 US-6
Portage, IN 46368
Enter at Pan Am Blvd
Note: Clothing/shoes/accessories/toys will also be collected at this event, for Porter County residents ONLY.
What’s Accepted at this Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Event?
- Aerosol cans
- Alcohol-based lotions
- Ammonia-based cleaners
- Ammunition
- Antifreeze
- Asbestos
- Auto body filler
- Auto paint
- Bathroom cleaners
- Batteries (household and automotive)
- Car wax with solvent
- Cooking oil
- Corrosives
- Diesel
- Disinfectants
- Drain cleaners
- Driveway sealant
- Dry cleaning solvents
- Expired medications – in original containers (controlled substances not accepted)
- Fire extinguishers
- Fireworks (consumer grade)
- Flammable liquids
- Flares
- Floor care products
- Fluorescent tubes (tape together)
- Fuel-oil based
- Fungicides
- Gasoline
- Gun cleaning solvents
- Herbicides
- Insecticides
- Kerosene
- Lighter fluid
- Medical sharps (needles) – place in hard plastic bottles, like detergent bottles
- Mercury containing products (fluorescent tubes lights – transport carefully by either taping together (one piece of tape will suffice) or place in the packaging of your replacement bulbs; CFLs, thermometers, thermostats, switches, etc. – seal in a bag)
- Metal polish
- Moth balls
- Nail polish
- Nail polish remover
- Oil
- Oven cleaners
- Paint (oil-based only; NO LATEX PAINT ACCEPTED)
- Paint brush cleaner with solvent or TSP
- Paint stripper
- Paint thinner
- Pesticides
- Photographic chemicals
- Poisons
- Primer
- Rodenticide
- Rust remover
- Septic tank degreasers
- Small helium tanks
- Small propane cylinders
- Smoke detectors
- Swimming pool chemicals
- Thinners and solvents
- Toilet bowl cleaners
- Vaping supplies
If your material isn’t listed, bring it out! We’ll let you know if we accept it.
Items NOT Accepted at HHW Events
- Commercial hazardous waste
- Compressed gas cylinders
- Containers larger than 30 gallons
- Controlled medications
- Electronics
- Fireworks (commercial grade)
- Latex paint
- Medical waste other than medicine and sharps
- Large propane cylinders (BBQ)
- Radioactive materials
Please Note: We no longer accept latex paint at these HHW events. Learn more about latex paint disposal here.