Hazardous Waste

Many everyday products such as paint and lawn chemicals can be dangerous if used or stored improperly, and cause serious environmental damage if tossed in the trash or poured down the drain. When you’re done with them, bring them to the the MET’s semiannual Fairgrounds Pollutant Collection at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds. The collection is for residents of Bixby, Broken Arrow, Claremore, Collinsville, Coweta, Glenpool, Jenks, Owasso, Sand Springs, Tulsa and Tulsa County only, not businesses. For businesses, click here.

The next collection is November 5 & 6, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Enter at 15th & Sandusky at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds. (get map)

Items accepted include: household cleaners, pesticides, fertilizers, automotive fluids, cooking oil, batteries, all fluorescent light bulbs, small ammunition, smoke alarms, aerosol paint, hobby paint, pool chemicals, items containing mercury, and unused or out-of-date prescription medications.

Items NOT accepted at the event: latex paint, tires, computers, radioactive waste and commercial waste. Latex paint is not accepted because it is not hazardous. It is water-based and can safely disposed of by being dried out. Remove the lid and let the paint completely dry. Tulsa residents can place 2 cans of dry paint next to regular residential trash for pick up.

Transport pollutants to the event in the trunk of a car or the bed of a pick up truck. Trained volunteers will remove pollutants from your vehicle for you.

Batteries? Oil? Antifreeze? Don’t wait!

While you can take batteries, oil, and antifreeze to the Fairgrounds Pollutant Collection, there’s no need to wait in line if this is all you have. These products, along with recyclables such as paper, plastic, glass and aluminum, can be taken seven days a week to one of the area MET recycling centers. For locations and hours, click here.