Household Hazardous Waste

The City participates with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) for the collection of Hazardous Household Waste.

You are allowed to take Hazardous Household Waste to any of the mobile sites around the county hosted at various locations.  Be sure to check the MMSD-Home HazMat Collection website for possible closures.

Lists of Unacceptable & Acceptable Household Hazardous Waste for MMSD Collection Program

  1. Acceptable Household Hazardous Waste
  2. Unacceptable Household Hazardous Waste
  • Adhesives
  • Antifreeze
  • Artist/Hobby
  • Brake Fluids
  • Carburetor Cleaner
  • Cleaners-Aerosol Cans
  • Cleaners
  • Concrete Cleanser-Acid
  • De-Greasers Paints (Oil-Based)
  • Driveway Sealers
  • Fertilizers Polish and Spot Removers
  • Fertilizers with Weed Killers
  • Floor Wax/Strippers
  • Furniture Stripper-Water Based
  • Furniture Strippers-Solvents
  • Gasoline/Oil Mixture
  • Gasoline
  • Glues with Solvents
  • Herbicides
  • Household Batteries
  • Lacquer
  • Lighter Fluids
  • Mercury-Containing Waste
  • Metal Cleaners-Acids
  • Mothballs
  • Paint Remover
  • Paint Thinner
  • Paints (Lead-Based)
  • Paints Oven
  • Pesticides
  • Photographic Chemicals
  • Pool Chemicals
  • Rat/Rodent Poisons
  • Solvents
  • Stains
  • Thermometers (Mercury)
  • Transmission Fluid
  • Turpentine
  • Varnish-Solvent Based
  • Varnish-Water Based
  • Wood Preservative-Creosote
  • Wood Preservative-Solvents