HHW/DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT
HAPPENING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
The City of Tucson's Environmental and General Services Department (EGSD) hosts Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection events on the second Saturday of every month. The next one is Saturday, September 14, 2024, from 8 a.m. to noon at IBEW located at 750 S. Tucson Blvd.
We want to encourage residents to properly dispose of their batteries at HHW to protect our trash truck workers and landfill operators. City residents can also drop off paint, fluorescent lamps and bulbs, electronic waste (E-waste), paper documents for shredding (limit 3 boxes), cleaning products, and pool chemicals at no charge. Unknown chemicals will not be accepted. Dried paint and alkaline batteries can be disposed in your home trash can.
City residents can also drop off HHW at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus at 5300 E. Los Reales Road on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Due to the collection event, the Los Reales HHW Drop-off will not be open on Saturday. It is free for City of Tucson residents with proof of address. Residents from Marana, Oro Valley, Sahuarita, and unincorporated Pima County will be charged a $10 fee to drop off materials.
Please check the list of what the HHW program accepts before dropping items off. Medical waste, such as sharps, syringes, or old medications is not allowed. Do not bring business or commercial waste, commercial gas cylinders, explosives or ammunition, infectious and radioactive waste, dried paint, or CRT monitors.
For more information on the HHW program and 2024 dates, visit the main webpage.
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