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Garbage and recycling › Guide to hazardous waste › Preparing hazardous materials
How to prepare and bring household hazardous waste to Metro events and hazardous waste facilities.
Whether you are bringing your household hazardous waste to Metro’s facilities or to a neighborhood collection roundup, prepare and transport your materials properly. This will minimize risks to you, your family, property, and our staff from accidental spills or dangerous mixing of materials.
Syringes, IV tubing with needles, scalpel blades, etc., from residential users are accepted when disposed of in a red, state-certified sharps container. Containers can be purchased at either facility and exchanged for free when full. Metro does not accept sharps from businesses...More
Small amounts of asbestos will be accepted only if it is from a household, not from a business, and it is double-bagged and properly marked. A maximum of ten pounds of friable or non-friable asbestos will be accepted at Metro's permanent facilities (please do not bring asbestos to a neighborhood collection event). Materials cannot be greater than three feet in length. Metro will also accept asbestos containing materials in which the fibers are bound in a tar-like or petroleum based material (roofing tar, for example). Larger amounts and business-generated material must be taken to the Hillsboro Landfill.
Waste Management Northwest provides information about asbestos disposal services at the Hillsboro Landfill.
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Antifreeze recovery systems with recycling containers are available from many automotive supply retailers. Used antifreeze is recyclable at Metro’s solid waste and recycling transfer stations and through some private recyclers.
Remove lid and discard container in garbage. Your garbage hauler will accept these only if the lid is removed. Clean, empty paint cans and lids can be recycled at the curb.
Aerosol cans that are not empty should be disposed of as household hazardous waste. Empty cans may be recyclable through your residential collection service; use up contents whenever possible.
Used motor oil can also be recycled at the curb with other materials in the Portland metropolitan area. Pour into an unbreakable, see-through container with a screw-on lid (milk jugs work well). If you do not have curbside recycling collection you can bring used motor oil to Metro's solid waste and recycling transfer stations and at some businesses in the region. Used oil filters should be disposed of at the hazardous waste facility.
Remain in your vehicle when you arrive at the facility or neighborhood collection site. A technician will unload your materials and you’ll be on your way. And, please, no smoking.