2022 Household Hazardous Waste Day

Every fall the district hosts a hazardous waste collection day for all Weston County residents to bring their hazardous waste for proper recycling or disposal. The district does not charge residents for this service, but it is requested that a monetary donation or a donation of food be provided. Monetary donations help defray the cost of waste disposal, while food donations are passed on to the Bread Office.

When: the event is typically held on a Saturday in late September. Check back for more details

Location: Newcastle Elementary School parking lot

Time: 10 am to 1 pm

Donations

While we don’t charge for this service, we do ask that anyone bringing items for disposal please also bring food to donate to the Bread Office, our local food bank distribution in Weston County.

Items the Bread Office is in need of include:

• Baking items: flour, sugar, powdered milk, baking soda, etc.
• Box cake mixes: think birthday party items! Frosting, candles, the works!
• Canned drinks, cereal and snack items
• Diapers and wipes! Personal hygiene items and toiletries

These are items we often don’t thinking about but are needed!

So, what can I bring?

That is a great question! The district can take a wide variety of Items at the hazardous waste day, including:

• Automotive– (DO NOT MIX AUTO FLUIDS) antifreeze, oil, brake fluid, transmission fluid, car batteries
• Paints/Solvents- latex or oil based paints, paint stripper, paint thinner, wood preservatives
• Lawn & Garden-fertilizers, pesticides, rodent poisons, fungicides
• Home- bleach, disinfectants, drain cleaner, glues, nail polish remover, household batteries, florescent light tubes, aerosols, lighter fluid
• Electronics- computers, monitors, household printers, laptops , televisions

The Newcastle Police also offer prescription drug disposal at the waste day.

This is a list of common items. Please direct any specific questions to the district office

Business Waste

If local business would like to bring their waste, the District will charge the disposal fee for the item(s). Please contact the District to enquire on specific costs and we can let the Contractor know what is coming.

How much have we collected?

Here is a quick look at what the district collected in 2019 and 2020:

This totals to over 21,000 pounds and nearly 500 gallons of waste collected in just two years! We have also collected $1,473 in donations and 350 pounds of food for the Bread Office. For reference, the district also paid a total of $37,564 to cover the disposal costs for this waste.

Sponsors

PLEASE BE SURE TO GIVE A big thankyou to our sponsors!

WESTON COUNTY

CITY OF NEWCASTLE

FARNSWORTH SERVICES