Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection (Boise, Eagle, Meridian, Kuna, and Ada County) - Household Hazardous Waste is in every house. This material can be hazardous if it contains any of the following: Flammable/Combustible, Explosive/Reactive, Corrosive, Toxic. Examples include paints, gasoline, pesticides, cleaners, peroxides, acids, paint related materials, flares, weed killers, propane, fire extinguishers, mercury, batteries, fluorescent lights, tv’s and many more products. Throwing these items in the garbage is not the proper way to dispose of this waste. Throwing any of these items into the garbage allows the material to end up in the landfill which is not environmentally friendly.

Household hazardous waste (HHW) collection began as a one-day event in 1989. By 1996 the program grew to a two-day event which serviced more than 3500 households. In 1998 Ada County opened a facility at the landfill. The facility is approximately 5000 square feet and is open on Fridays and Saturdays to the public. There are now mobile sites throughout Ada County including Boise, Meridian, Eagle, and Kuna where the public can drop off their waste. In 1999, Ada County's Hazardous Material Collection Program received national recognition by being selected as the "Best New Collection Program at the Local Level" by the North America Hazardous Material Management Association. Stericycle is currently the the company contracted out by Ada County and the City of Boise to operate the hazardous waste program. Please go to www.curbitboise.org and click on the hazardous waste tab at the top of the landing page to get official information on the HHW program.

Mondays Republic Services 2130 W. Franklin Rd. Meridian

Tuesdays 1st-Fire State 10. 12065 W. McMillan, Boise 2nd-Library at Cole and Ustick, 7557 W. Ustick, Boise 3rd-Wright UCC 4821 Franklin Road, Boise 4th-Albertsons, 1653 S. Vista Ave, Boise

Wednesdays 1st-Fire Station 14, 2515 S. Five Mile Rd, Boise 2nd-Quarterly (Oct,Jan,Apr,Jul) Eagle Library 3rd-Quarterly Kuna City Park 4th-3240 State Hwy 21, Boise

Thursdays 1st-Parks and Recreation Parking Lot 711 North Mountain Cove Road, Boise 2nd-Fire Station 3, 2202 Gekeler Ln, Boise 3rd-Idaho Department of Transportation, 3311 W. State St, Boise 4th-Republic Services, 11101 W. Executive Dr, Boise

Collection sites are open from 12:00pm-7:00pm

Collection sites are closed on the following holidays: New Years, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas.

Please go to www.curbitboise.org and click on the hazardous waste tab at the top of the landing page for official information on the HHW program.

Schwend, Chad. Personal Interview November, 2011. Updated by Angela Deckers, Hazardous Materials Coord., Boise City Public Works, November, 2018.