City’s Household Hazardous Waste Day is 8 a.m.-noon today
Yuma’s quarterly Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day returns 8 a.m. to noon today in the east parking lot of the Yuma Civic Center, 1440 W. Desert Hills Drive.
Leftover household products that are flammable, corrosive, toxic or reactive under certain circumstances are considered household hazardous waste.
The city provides a free opportunity for residents to safely dispose of these products, such as paint, batteries, pesticides and cleaners by simply dropping them off. This type of waste requires special care for proper disposal.
To participate, residents should collect unwanted household hazardous waste items and take them to the Civic Center parking lot, where traffic control devices will show vehicles to the drop-off site. After they describe the types of waste to be collected, staff will provide instructions for which station(s) to stop to drop off waste.
The following items will be accepted at the collection event: motor oil, paint, antifreeze, household cleaners, solvents, pesticides, batteries, fertilizers and tires (limit of five; must be off the wheel).
No business/commercial waste, ammunition, pressurized gas, radioactive waste, explosives, prescription drugs or needles will be accepted.
About 345 vehicles stopped by the most recent HHW Day on Oct. 17 to drop off unwanted hazardous waste.
E-waste items for drop-off include: home computer components, TV sets, VCRs/DVD players, cellphones and home phones.
Residents may bring the following household items to the drop-off site to be recycled: aluminum cans, paper, e-waste, cardboard material, paper documents and plastics.
The next Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day is April 7.
For more information, call the city’s Public Works Department at 928-373-4500.