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The
Estuary Region Household
Hazardous Waste Facility, Essex
(Rte
9, Exit 4, Past the CRRA Transfer Station, up hill, on left)
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Household
Hazardous Waste Facility
The
Estuary Region Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Facility is
quick and easy. No more than a 10 minute wait!
Facility
hours are 9 a.m.—1 p.m. on selected Saturdays (rain or shine).
This
special chemical waste collection service is only for residents
of the Connecticut River Estuary Region towns:
- Chester
- Clinton
- Deep
River
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Essex
- Killingworth
- Lyme
- Old
Lyme
- Old
Saybrook
- Westbrook
Please
Note: Identification required!
Drivers’ licenses will be checked.
There
is no fee to attend.
Commercial waste is not accepted at HHW Collections.
For
information, call the
Connecticut
River Estuary
Regional Planning Agency
(860) 388.3497
or your town hall.
Acceptable
Materials
Household:
- Drain
cleaners
- Metal
polish
- Oven
cleaners
- Floor
cleaners
- Mothballs
- Photo
chemicals
- Full/partially-full
aerosols
- Arts
& crafts supplies
- Household
batteries
- Asbestos-containing
material (double-bag
in plastic bags & wet down)
- Water-reactive
materials (such
as peroxides and metallic sodium)
- Mercury
Thermometers (A
free digital thermometer will be given in
exchange.)
Garage:
- Fire
starters including hand-held
propane torch cylinders
- Old
chemistry kits
- Transmission
fluid
- Gasoline,
kerosene
- Waxes
and polishes
- Brake
fluid
- Rust
preventatives
Workshop:
- Rust
preventatives
- Wood
preservatives
- Wood
strippers
- Oil-based
paint
- Lead-based
paint
- Paint
thinner
- Degreasers
- Solvents
- Sealants
Yard/Garden
- Weed
killer
- Insect
sprays
- Rodent
poison
- Muriatic
acid/pool chemicals
- Cesspool
cleaners
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Unacceptable
Materials
- Latex
paint (This can be air-dried or dried with sawdust or kitty litter
and disposed in garbage)
- Explosives,
fireworks, ammunition (Contact State Police)
- BBQ
Propane tanks (Contact propane gas company)
- Fire
Extinguishers (COntact your fire department)
- Empty
aerosal cans
- Radioactive
material
- Drugs
- Infectious
or biologically active materials
- Waste
Oil
- Vehicle
Batteries
- Unknown
materials
- Any
commercial hazardous waste
For
More Information, Please Call CRERPA at 388.3497.
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