Household Hazardous Waste Day 
 

 


City of Roanoke, County of  Roanoke,
Town of Vinton, Botetourt County

May 4, August 3, November 2, 2008
12:00 noon - 3:00 pm
Tinker Transfer Station - 1020 Hollins Road.
You must preregister by calling 387-6225

This is a pre-Registration Event To register call 387-6225

Citizens throughout the Roanoke Valley are invited to rid their homes of poisons, flammables, corrosives and other materials by bringing them to the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days listed above. The collection will be held at the Roanoke Valley Resource Authority 12:00 -3:00 p.m. rain or shine.

This free event sponsored by the County of Roanoke, City of Roanoke, Town of Vinton and Botetourt County, will allow residents to dispose of items in an environmentally responsible manner. PLEASE DO NOT BRING REGULAR HOUSEHOLD WASTE.

WHAT YOU CAN BRING

  • Latex and oil paints in any size can. Paint can be liquid or dried.

  • Aerosol cans of any kind

  • Paint-related products, such as paint thinner, stains, turpentine, polyurethane, polishes and acetone

  • Automotive products, including motor oil, brake fluid, antifreeze and gasoline

  • Any battery, from car and truck batteries to button batteries, lead acid batteries, alkaline batteries, nickel cadmium batteries and lithium batteries

  • Propane gas cylinders, 20 pound and 30 pound

  • Mercury debris (including thermometers)

  • Gardening supplies, such as solid or liquid pesticides, insecticides, herbicides and fertilizers

  • Household cleaners, such as bleach, oven cleaners, bathroom cleaners and any other alkaline/corrosive or acid cleaner

  • Polychlorinated biphenols (PCBs, for example, electrical switches and ballasts)

  • Fluorescent bulbs

WHAT YOU CAN NOT BRING

  • Tires

  • Explosives

  • Medical or radioactive waste (including smoke detectors). These wastes can not be accepted.

  • For information on how to properly dispose of these wastes, contact the City of Roanoke's Office of Environmental Management at 853-2425.

COMMERCIAL WASTE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Not sure what you've got? If you have some "unknown," unlabeled wastes lurking under the sink or in the basement, chemists on site can test their contents.

Where: Roanoke Valley Resource Authority /Tinker Creek Transfer Station

When: May 4, August 3rd & November 2nd, 2008
Site: 1020 Hollins Road, NE- (off of Orange Ave)

Hours: 12:00-3 P.M. Fees: Free to residents (no businesses)

Register Information: Call 540-387-6225

 

For details regarding items to bring or not to bring, contact the City of Roanoke's Office of Environmental Management at 853-2425.