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Hazardous Household Waste Collection Event Coming To Abington
Montgomery County is hosting a free hazardous household waste collection event in June at Abington Middle School. See details here.
ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA — Montgomery County residents can safely get rid of hazardous household waste in Abington Township in June.
The county is hosting a collection event on June 24 at Abington Middle School.
The event is free and open to Montgomery County residents.
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A full list of acceptable items is featured below.
Registration is required and available online here.
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Those dropping off items must stay in their vehicles and should arrive to the school in the appointment window.
Accepted items are:
- Acids, caustics, solvents
- Adhesives/solvents
- Antifreeze
- Aerosols
- Asphalt sealers
- Automotive products
- Ballast (removed from light fixture)
- Butane
- Carburetor cleaners
- Caulking compounds
- Cleaning agents
- Cooking oil
- Diesel fuel
- Drain/oven cleaners
- Driveway Sealer
- Dry cleaning fluid
- Electric oil filled heaters
- Flammables
- Fertilizer
- Fire extinguishers
- Fluorescent bulbs (removed from light fixture)
- Formalin
- Fuel additives
- Furniture stripper and finisher
- Gasoline
- Grease and rust solvents
- Herbicide (weed killers)
- Joint compound
- Kerosene
- Lead
- Lead acid batteries
- Loose mercury
- Mercury car switches
- Mothballs/flakes
- Motor oil
- Oil-based paint products
- Organic peroxide
- Other mercury bearing items
- Oxidizers
- Paint thinner
- Pepper Spray
- Pesticides
- Propane cylinders - mini 1-pound cylinders only
- Primer
- Reactives
- Rechargeable batteries
- Rodent poison
- Roof cements
- Rug cleaners
- Septic tank degreaser
- Shellac
- Spot removers
- Spray paint products
- Stains and varnish
- Swimming pool chemicals
- Thermometers
- Thermostats
- Toilet bowl cleaners
- Transmission/brake fluid
- Turpentine
- Varnish
- Wood and metal cleaners
Anyone who needs gas cans or containers returned are asked to tape a note to it stating that you want to keep it.
Items not accepted are:
- Air conditioners
- Alkaline batteries
- Appliances/white goods
- Asbestos
- Humidifiers
- Dehumidifiers
- 25 & 50 Gallon Drums (5 gallon buckets only, no drums)
- Electronics
- Explosives and ammunition
- Gas Cylinders
- Latex paint
- Medicine
- Radioactive waste
- Refrigerators
- Smoke detectors
- Tires
- Televisions
- Water coolers
Abington Middle School is located at 2056 Susquehanna Road in Abington.
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