Household Hazardous Wastes are materials and chemicals that are toxic, flammable, corrosive, reactive, or explosive. They typically cannot be safely recycled or disposed of without a special center or collection event. These wastes can be a serious threat to water supplies and our local environment if they are improperly discarded with nonhazardous trash (put into a municipal solid waste landfill), dumped down the drain, or illegally dumped elsewhere.
The following are examples of common Household Hazardous Wastes.
- Oil-based paints
- Paint thinners
- Used motor oil
- Herbicides
- Drain cleaners
- Old gasoline
- Antifreeze
- Cleaning products
- Mercury
- Double bagged and wetted asbestos
- Household batteries
- Insecticides
- Lawn chemicals
- Pesticides
- Solvents
- Pool chemicals
- Hobby chemicals
- Aerosol paints and pesticides
- Fluorescent lamp bulbs
- Old and outdated medicines and pharmaceuticals
No industrial, commercial, or business wastes can be accepted at a residential Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event, only residential wastes.
| Hazardous Waste (No permanent facility near Bloomington-Normal) | |||
| Below are places in IL that accept hazardous waste. | |||
| Location | Address | Phone Number | Notes |
| Rock River Reclamation District | 3333 Kishwaukee Street., Rockford | (815)987-5570 | No large quantities of oil based paint. Phone ahead |
| Naperville | 156 Fort Hill Drive, Naperville | (630)420-6095 | Drop-off hours: Sat. & Sun.: 9am-2pm, but phone ahead |
| City of Chicago | 1150 N. North Branch, Chicago | (312)744-7672 | Drop-off hours: Tues. 7am-12pm, Thurs. 2pm-7pm, 1st Sat. of every month 8am-3pm, but phone ahead |