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Nearly every home in Ada County contains hazardous materials or products that can endanger human health or the environment if thrown away and put into the landfill. View what qualifies below and drop off your household hazardous waste at this mobile collection site instead of throwing it away. **Do not leave items when the collection vehicle is not present! You can also drop off materials at the special HHW Facility at the Ada County Landfill, open Fridays and Saturdays 8 am to 6 pm.Common areas with products that contain Hazardous Waste:
• Cleaning
• Home improvement
• Automobile maintenance
• Lawn and garden care
• Hobbies
• Many more
What Makes a Product Hazardous?
Products are considered hazardous if they have one or more of the following properties:
Flammable/Combustible: Easily ignites and burns.
Examples: old gasoline, paint thinner, oil based-paint, oil
Explosive/Reactive: Reacts with air or water to produce toxic vapors or an explosion.
Examples: peroxides, calcium carbide.
Corrosive: Burns skin on contact and can “eat” away from the surface of other materials.
Examples: caustic cleaners, acids, and toilet bowl cleaners
Toxic: Toxic, even in small quantities, may immediately poison or cause injury or death through repeated exposure when inhaled into the lungs, swallowed, or absorbed by the skin.
Example: pesticides, herbicides
Signal Words
Labels on hazardous products are required by federal law to list “signal words”. Signal words can be used to determine a product’s specific hazard(s). Signal words, such as DANGER and POISON, indicate that the product is highly toxic, corrosive or extremely flammable. WARNING or CAUTION signal words indicate that the product is moderately or slightly toxic.
If something is hazardous, the label will contain one of these signal words:
• Caution
• Danger
• Poison
• Warning
• Corrosive
• Flammable
• Explosive
• Oxidizer
• Irritant
• Environmental Hazard
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Boise Fire Station 10, 12065 W McMillan Rd, Boise, ID 83713-2463, United States,Boise, Idaho
