Annual Household Hazardous Waste Day
October 25, 2014
9 am – 1 pm

At Blackham School, 425 Thorme Street,
corner of Thorme Street and Amsterdam Avenue

This free annual event is for Bridgeport residents to safely get rid of their household hazardous waste.

Pack your trunk with all materials; bring your CT Drivers License to show your Bridgeport home address; drive in through Thorme Street from Madison Avenue; stay in line to go around Amsterdam Avenue to School entrance.  You do not need to get out of your vehicle.  A hazardous waste team will check your contents, direct you in line and they will empty your vehicle. Residents should bring items in their original containers, placed in a cardboard box in the trunk of their car. 

For more info, contact Dennis Scinto 576-8023, Dennis.Scinto@Bridgeportct.gov

* Bring waste in its original containers whenever possible
* Do not mix different products
* Put your waste into cardboard boxes, then place in your trunk
* Stay in your vehicle; the hazardous waste team will handle everything
* Please, no smoking in your car; hazardous wastes are flammable.
* Bring something to read, the wait is at most 5-15 minutes

Listed below are common household hazardous wastes, which are brought to a collection day. This list in not all encompassing. There are many other similar items in your home which are hazardous.

Examples of Allowable Wastes To Bring

Antifreeze
Batteries (household)
Brake Fluid
Gasoline
Oil Based Paint
Paint Stripper/Thinners
Transmission Fluid
Turpentine

Adhesives
Artist's Paints
Charcoal Lighter Fluid
Cleaning Solvents
Epoxy Products
Fungicides
Glues
Herbicides
Insecticides
Kerosene
Moth Balls
Pool Chemicals

Aerosols (unfinished)
Ammonia
Disinfectants
Drain Cleaners
Floor Care Products
Oven Cleaners
Polishes
Spot and Stain Removers
Wood Preservatives

TVs
VCRs
Computers
Computer Monitors

What NOT TO Bring

 

Ammunition
Biological Waster
Explosives
Fire Extinguishers
Flares
Needles/Syringes
Medicine/drugs
Tires