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There’s a FREE one-day collection for household chemicals at Wauwatosa City Hall. Make your home safer and help keep chemicals out of our rivers and Lake Michigan. Go to the drop-off at the Wauwatosa City Hall parking lot from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on September 16. Milwaukee County residents ONLY. No businesses.
If you can’t make it to the Wauwatosa event, there are three Home HazMat collection sites open all year for Milwaukee County residents.
View locations, hours, and a complete list of items we accept.
Acetone
Artist’s paints and media
Antifreeze
Auto body repair products
Automobile oil
Ballasts (without light fixture)
Battery acid
Brake fluid
Car wax, solvent-based
Contact cement
Deck strippers (wood bleach, sealers and preservatives)
Driveway sealer
Fuel additives
Fiberglass epoxy
Fluorescent light bulbs
Gasoline/oil mixtures
Gasoline and other fuels
Glue, solvent-based
Glue, water-based
Joint compound
Kerosene
Latex paint
Lighter fluid
Non-automotive oils
Oil filters
Oil-based paint
Paint thinner
Paint stripper
Parts cleaner
Pepper spray
Photographic chemicals
Road flares
Roofing tar
Rust remover
Sealers (wood & concrete)
Shellac
Stain
Transmission fluid
Turpentine
Varnish
Wood filler
Wood preservative
Cleaners, solvent-based
Disinfectants
Floor care products
Hair remover
Nail polish
Nail polish remover
Oven cleaner
Mercury thermometers
Aerosol cans, full
Batteries (button & rechargeable)
Dry cleaning solvent
Fertilizer (with pesticides)
Fungicide
Furniture polish
Metal polish, solvent-based
Insect spray
Lamp Oil
Light ballasts (W/out light fixture)
Mothballs
Pesticides
Pool chemicals
Rat poison
Shoe polish
Spot remover
Stump remover
Mercury thermostats
Weed killer
Ammunition
Compressed gas cylinders
Car batteries
Clothes dryers
Computers
Containers larger than 15 gallons
Explosives
Fire Extinguishers
Fireworks
Marine flares
Medical Waste
Microwaves
Prescription drugs
Propane cylinder
Radioactive waste
Refrigerators
Sharps / needles
Smoke detectors
Stereos
Televisions
Tires of any type
Washing machines
Any items flushed other than toilet paper can create costly clogs in your home pipes, our community sewer pipes, and our water reclamation facilities. Learn what items you should not flush down your toilet.
Receive Water Drop Alert text messages when heavy rain threatens the area. When a Water Drop Alert has been issued, a reminder is sent to use less water.
What do you do when an alert is issued?
During heavy rain, every downspout on your home can send 12 gallons of water a minute to the sewer system, which increases the risk of sewer water backing up into your basement and overflowing into our rivers and Lake Michigan. Disconnect your downspout and help keep excess water out of sanitary sewers and into your yard or a rain garden.
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