Household Hazardous Waste
Household Hazardous Waste Depots
Simcoe Facilities Building – CANCELLED due to COVID-19
591 Norfolk St S, Simcoe
Saturday, April 25, 2020 – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Norfolk County Works Yard CANCELLED due to COVID-19
340 Argyle St., Delhi
Saturday, May 23, 2020 – 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Water Pollution Control Plant
137 Hamilton Plank Rd, Port Dover
Saturday, September 12, 2020 – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Public Works Yard
1630 County Rd 45, Langton
Saturday, October 10, 2020 – 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
What is Considered Hazardous Waste?
Household Hazardous Waste are substances which may be harmful to you, animals, or the environment when not handled properly and can result in the pollution of groundwater, lakes, rivers and soil when disposed of improperly.
Residents of Norfolk County are encouraged to dispose of their household hazardous waste at one of our temporary depots in the spring and fall.
Household Materials Accepted
Abrasive Cleaners • Acids • Air Freshener • Ammonia • Antifreeze • Ant Poison • Arsenic Brake Fluid • Bug Killer • Butane Cylinders • Car Batteries • Chlorine Bleach Disinfectants • Drain Cleaners • Engine Coolant • Fertilizer • Fire Starter • Floor Polish • Furniture Polish • Fungicides • Gasoline • Glues/Cements • Herbicides • Household Batteries • Insecticides • Kerosene • Lighter Fluid • Medicines • Metal Polish • Motor Oil • Nail Polish • Needles • Oven Cleaner • Paint (Oil & Water Base) • Polishes • Pool Chemicals • Propane Tanks • Rat Poison • Rug Cleaner • Rust Paint • Sharps & Syringes • Shellac • Silver Polish • Solvents Spot Remover • Stains • Transmission Fluid • Turpentine • Unbroken household fluorescent light tubes (10 per household, do not tape together) • Weed killer • Window cleaner • Wood preservative • Wood stripper
Electronics Accepted
Computer mice • Digital cameras • Fax machines • Household computers • Keyboards • Monitors • Pagers • Photocopiers • Printers • Scanners Cell phones • TVs • VCRs • Video game consoles and games
Materials NOT Accepted
Appliances • Electronic typewriters • Power tools • Electric motors and relays • Cameras • Tires • PCBs • Commercial, agricultural, industrial radioactive or unknown wastes or drums of material • Microwaves • Smoke detectors
For more information contact Public Works
519-582-2100 or 519-428-0020
Remember that rust free metal paint cans and lids may now be put out for the new 2-sort recycling collection. Empty motor oil containers should be brought to the HHW events for recycling.