Household Hazardous Wastes (HHW) come from everyday products used in the home, yard, or garden. By definition, they are corrosive, flammable, toxic, or reactive. Oil-based paints and solvents, oven cleaners, pool chemicals, pesticides, drain openers, and auto chemicals are just a few examples. NRPC holds HHW Collections to allow residents to properly dispose of these products.
We are always looking for volunteers to help at our collection events. If you are interested, please contact Jill Longval, jillL@nashuarpc.org.
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We hold 6 collection events per year. Remaining events in 2012 include:
June 7 ~ in Nashua, 3:00-7:00 pm
August 4 ~ in Nashua, 8:00am-12:00pm
October 6 ~ in Nashua, 8:00am-12:00pm
November 3 ~ in Nashua, 8:00am-12:00pm
Location ~ Nashua Public Works Garage, 9 Stadium Drive
User Fees = $10 per vehicle, for up to 10 gallons or 20 pounds of waste
We accept cash or check.
If you only bring household hazardous waste, please make your check payable to "NRSWMD."
If you only bring electronics, you do not have to pay the $10 user fee. Click here for electronics pricing and please make your check payable to "RMG."
If you bring household hazardous waste and electronics you will have to pay a $10 user fee plus the price of your electronics. Please make your electronics check payable to "RMG." Please make your $10 user fee check payable to "NRSWMD."
Carpooling is encouraged. If you and your neighbors collectively have less than 10 gallons or 20 pounds of materials and you carpool in one vehicle, you’ll only be charged $10 total.
Amherst | Brookline | Hollis | Hudson | Litchfield | Merrimack | Milford
Mont Vernon | Nashua | Pelham | Windham
If you are not from one of these communities, click here to find HHW collections in your area.
Small quantity business generators are also eligible to participate. Click here for more information.
Compact Fluorescent Bulb
Drain Cleaner
Driveway Sealer
Electronics
Fertilizer
Herbicides
Hydrochloric Acid
Lead Paint
Light Fixture Ballasts
Lithium Batteries
Mercury
Metal Polish
Mixed Gasoline
Ni-CAD Batteries
No-Pest Strips
Oil-Based Paint
Oven Cleaner
Paint Thinner
Pesticides
Pool Chemicals
Rodent Killers Strippers
Varnish
Wood Preservatives
Latex Paint ~ click here
Fire Extinguishers ~ return free of charge to ASAP Fire Company, 90 Progress Avenue, Tyngsboro MA 01879, phone: 978-649-4945
Smoke Detectors ~ return to manufacturer. Click here for a mailing list.
Used Oil & Auto Batteries ~ bring to transfer station or participating store
Propane Tanks ~ call your local transfer station or Friend Lumber in Hudson
Creosote ~ call private contractor
Asbestos ~ Nashua residents bring to landfill; all other residents click here and check under "Technical Assistance" for a list of licensed contractors
Medications ~ do NOT flush medications!
The next DEA Medication Take Back is April 28, 2012 from 10:00am - 2:00 pm. Click here for a list of participating communities and locations.
Walgreens and Rite Aid drug stores also offer medication collection programs. For a small fee ($2.99-$3.99), customers can purchase a special envelope at the pharmacy counter that allows them to mail unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications (not controlled substances) to an approved medication incinerator. Postage is included in the cost of the envelope, which can be dropped in any US Postal Service mailbox.
If you cannot participate in a collection, place medications in your household trash following these guidelines by NH DES. For more information, click here.
Sharps ~ sharps may be brought to St. Joseph's Hospital in Nashua (172 Kinsley St) at any time. Home syringe users must place their sharps in a sealed sharps container, liquid laundry detergent bottle, or fabric softener bottle. Containers must be taped shut and marked "used sharps." For more information, please call 882-3000. Sharps can also be brought to Southern NH Medical Center in Nashua during select hours. For more information, call 577-2547. The NH DOT Rest Area off exit 6 in Nashua also supplies a sharps container. For more information, call 485-3806.
All participants are required to complete a brief survey. Surveys are available at the collection, or participants may fill them out ahead of time and bring them to the event.
HHW Survey (required for all participants)
Electronics Survey (required only for participants bringing electronics)
When hazardous waste is improperly disposed of—in the trash, on the ground, down the sink, or into a storm drain—it poses a threat to water quality and may kill fish and wildlife. Household toxins may also injure humans and animals if they are exposed to these chemicals due to careless storage and handling.
Furthermore, our growing demand for the newest technology has resulted in a significant number of discarded electronics. In addition to the large volume of space these items take up in landfills, their improper disposal poses serious environmental risks due to hazardous materials, such as lead and mercury, commonly found in electronics. Discarded electronics also contain valuable resources, such as precious metals, engineered plastics, and glass, which require significant energy to manufacture. When electronics are disposed of instead of recycled, these resources cannot be recovered and additional pollution will be generated in order to manufacture new products.
New Hampshire is taking steps to keep certain electronics out of the solid waste stream. As July 1, 2007 the disposal of video display devices in solid waste landfills or incinerators is prohibited under RSA 149-M:4.
Links
Nashua Regional Planning Commission
9 Executive Park Drive, Suite 201
Merrimack, NH 03054
Phone ~ 603.424.2240 | Fax ~ 603.424.2230