Household hazardous waste often contains chemicals that can be harmful, both to the environment and people. The best way to avoid these chemicals is to purchase non-toxic products for cleaning, pest control and weed removal.
However, if you do have leftover HHW items at your home, and want to dispose of them properly, the City of Santa Clarita has numerous options for safe and free disposal:
Mobile Household Hazardous Waste Events – The next one is Saturday, April 18, at College of the Canyons from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There will be other events later this year.
Used oil and filters collection centers – Used motor oil and filters can go to any of the local 30+ collection centers located within the City of Santa Clarita. Most auto supply stores are part of this program.
PaintCare locations – Leftover or old paint can be recycled at any of the three local paint retailers that participate in the PaintCare program.
Household battery drop-off locations – Alkaline and other household batteries can be recycled at your local library, community center and City Hall. Just drop them off during normal business hours.
Compact Fluorescent Lightbulb (CFL) drop-off locations – Unbroken CFLs can be taken to participating home improvement stores. Call the store first to verify participation.
Sharps and lancets disposal – Sharps, lancets, and medications can be dropped off at the front of the Sheriff’s station in the safe drop storage containers. Waste Management also has a mail program for customers with sharps disposal needs.
Other Miscellaneous HHW items – If you have other chemicals such as acids, bases, insecticides, herbicides, cleaners, or gasoline, permanent S.A.F.E. Collection Centers in Northridge and Sun Valley are available to take multiple types of hazardous materials. They are open Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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A future open space trailhead in the Tesoro area will be named after a founding Santa Clarita city councilman, and a portion of land in Newhall after a family who has donated several acres of land to the city for open-space preservation.
Waste Management has extended its temporary residential green waste pick-up schedule for customers in Santa Clarita, with regular service anticipated to resume the week of Jan. 25.
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Jim and Anita Lombardi of Federal Escrow, Inc. donated $50,000 to the Boys and Girls Club to help the organization continue providing COVID-19 relief services in the Santa Clarita Valley.
The California Supreme Court declared Thursday that worker classification standards set forth in its Dynamex decision should apply retroactively to a labor class action from 15 years ago, as well as all non-final cases that predate the 2018 landmark ruling.
Los Angeles County officials announced five additional mass-vaccination sites set to open next week which include Six Flags Magic Mountain and California State University, Northridge.
Waste Management has extended its temporary residential green waste pick-up schedule for customers in Santa Clarita, with regular service anticipated to resume the week of Jan. 25.
The ice rink in Valencia, which the City acquired last year, is currently undergoing renovations prior to its highly anticipated grand reopening later this year.
The MAIN is set to host eight weeks of free virtual productions from around the world from Jan. 22 through March 12 via Zoom for the Stage on Screen Theatre Fest's International Edition of online theatre.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed Thursday 287 new deaths and 17,323 new cases of COVID-19, with 20,918 total cases in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital announced Thursday the opening of its COVID-19 vaccine-distribution site, with the goal of vaccinating nearly 500 people a day.
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