Every few months take a box or bag full of what is considered hazardous household waste to the Ramsey County collection site. Sometimes the chemicals come from homes that my clients just bought or are going to sell.
There are people who believe that the best way to get rid of almost anything liquid is to dump it out on the ground. Please, please, please don’t do that. Dispose of chemicals like motor oil, insect spray, weed killer, and household cleaning chemicals properly. Product labels often include information about how to dispose of unused portions.
If a container has the words caution, warning, danger, or poison on the label and still has product inside, it is considered hazardous and does not belong in the trash. Bring these items to Ramsey County’s free household hazardous waste collection sites for safe disposal.
Alkaline batteries do not go in the trash. They go to the collection site along with fluorescent lightbulbs and strings of lights that no longer work.
If you are moving please dispose of household hazardous waste properly.
