CARBONDALE – Carbondale will be one of ten sites hosting an Illinois EPA Spring Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event.

It will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 24 in the South Lot at the Banterra Center, located on Arena Drive in Carbondale. Pre-registration is required.

Residents participating are encouraged to bring chemical cleaners, oil-based paints, thinners, antifreeze, motor oil, gasoline, kerosene, weed killers, insecticides, and pesticides, old or outdated medication, and similar hazardous household products. Fluorescent and other high-intensity discharge lamps may also be brought to the collections. Items not accepted include latex paint, explosives, propane tanks, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, agricultural chemicals, and business wastes.

For safe transport of HHW, residents are asked to:
• Pack HHW items in a disposable box to avoid spilling during transport.
• Keep like chemicals together and separate unlike chemicals.
• Secure lids and make sure containers are not leaking.
• Place box(es) of HHW in the empty trunk or storage compartment of your vehicle, away from
passengers during transport.
• Remain in vehicle at collection site. On-site personnel will remove the HHW from your
vehicle.

A complete list of wastes that are and are not accepted is available online.

For questions concerning the Illinois EPA’s one-day or long-term collections, please contact Don Buis with the Illinois EPA Waste Reduction Unit at 217-785-4116 or email the Jackson County Health Department in Murphysboro at kerrig@jchdonline.org.