Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off for Whitfield County March 19, 2011

The Dalton-Whitfield Regional Solid Waste Management Authority holds a Household Hazardous Waste collection on the third Saturday of every month from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This collection is a free service to the citizens of the City of Dalton and Whitfield County. For more information please call 706-277-2545.

The HHW facility is open to residents of Whitfield County the third Saturday of every month and accepts leftover household products such as pesticides, old gasoline, batteries, paints and pool chemicals, to name a few. Employees, that are HAZWOPER certified, inventory collected materials that are then recycled or, if no market exists, disposed of utilizing a licensed hazardous waste incinerator.

Please see the following lists of materials that we can and cannot accept and the restrictions that apply:
We can accept:
Pesticides
Latex Paint
Aerosol Cans
Cleaning Solvents
Batteries
Weed Killer
Oven Cleaner
Oil-Based Paint
Insecticides
Varnish
Paint Thinner
Pool Chemicals
Used Motor Oil

We cannot accept:
Explosives
Ammunition
Business Waste
Compressed Gases
Radioactive Material
Dioxin Pre-Cursors
Silvex
Penta Chlorophenol
2,4,5 Cholorophenol

RESTRICTIONS:

1. A MAXIMUM of 220 lbs. is accepted from each resident.
2. The waste must be in the original container and have the original label on it.
3. The container must not leak.
4. The contents must match the container label.
5. For residents of Whitfield County only

If you have specific questions regarding the proper management of Household Hazardous Waste, please call 706/277-2545.