The Spring 2024 Tox-Away Day is scheduled for Saturday, March 23.  It will be held from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm. in the Civic Center parking lot (9th & Walnut Streets).

The Fall 2024 Tox-Away Day is scheduled for Saturday, September 7.  It will be held from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm in the Civic Center parking lot (9th & Walnut Streets).

Please load your items into your trunk or truck bed for safe unloading by workers.

This program is for Vanderburgh County Households only. No businesses please.
For more information call 812-436-7800.

 The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District's annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program, or "Tox Away" Day, offers residents a safe disposal option for household hazardous chemicals.  Please see the list of accepted items below.

ITEMS ACCEPTED:

• Motor Oil & Filters
• Oil Based Paint
• Automotive Batteries & Fluids
• Solvents & Thinners
• Gasoline
• Antifreeze
• Rechargeable Batteries
• Pesticides & Herbicides
• Thermometers/Mercury
• Aerosol Cans
• Household Cleaners
• Glues & Adhesives
• Photographic Chemicals
• Pool Chemicals                   
• Fluorescent Bulbs
• Pharmaceuticals
• Propane Tanks
• Smoke Detectors
• Fire Extinguishers

ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED:

• Commercial Waste 
• Infectious Waste
• Industrial Waste
• Radioactive Waste
• Explosives/Ammunitions
• Appliances
• Electronics
• Latex Paint (can be thrown away in regular trash when it is hard - air dry or add kitty litter or sawdust to solidify)

HOUSEHOLDS ONLY  -  NO BUSINESSES PLEASE

DO YOU WONDER WHERE YOUR HAZARDOUS WASTE GOES FOR DISPOSAL?

Our contractor, Environmental Enterprises, Inc (EEI), transports all the materials collected at Tox-Away Day back to their facility in Cincinnati.  There many items are recycled and sent back to manufacturers to be used again.  Some materials such as bulk fuels, oils, solvents, liquid pesticides and some paint have BTU value and can be used as an energy source in manufacturing.  Other materials such as corrosives, oxidizers and poisons must be neutralized chemically to non-hazardous levels when possible, and then they can be reused for their intended purpose.  Precious metals contained in these materials can be captured and reused.  When chemical destruction isn't possible, some materials require incineration.  EEI follows strict USEPA, state and local guidelines in the disposal of all materials collected at our Tox-Away Day.