Hazardous Waste Disposal
The following was submitted by resident Mike Harris.
Harris County operates a facility that accepts household hazardous waste at 6900 Hahl Road at Hwy 290 and North Gessner, Houston, TX 77040. The phone number is 281-560-6200 and website is <a href="http://www.eng.hctx.net/watershed/hhw_facility.html">http://www.eng.hctx.net/watershed/hhw...ility.html</a>; . Their hours are Wednesdays from 9:00am to 3:00pm and the 2nd Saturday of each month from 9:00am to 2:00pm. Items accepted at the HHW facility include, but are not limited to household cleaners, yard/automobile products, paint and paint related products, batteries, tires, items containing mercury (e.g. mercury thermometers, Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs), and fluorescent tubes), aerosols, and propane cylinders. The Facility does not accept the following items: electronics, any waste used for business purposes, medical and biological waste, PCBs or Dioxins, ammunition, explosives, compressed gas cylinders, radioactive waste (including smoke detectors), household appliances such as washers, dryers, freezers, air conditioners, or household trash.
Harris County operates a facility that accepts household hazardous waste at 6900 Hahl Road at Hwy 290 and North Gessner, Houston, TX 77040. The phone number is 281-560-6200 and website is <a href="http://www.eng.hctx.net/watershed/hhw_facility.html">http://www.eng.hctx.net/watershed/hhw...ility.html</a>; . Their hours are Wednesdays from 9:00am to 3:00pm and the 2nd Saturday of each month from 9:00am to 2:00pm. Items accepted at the HHW facility include, but are not limited to household cleaners, yard/automobile products, paint and paint related products, batteries, tires, items containing mercury (e.g. mercury thermometers, Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs), and fluorescent tubes), aerosols, and propane cylinders. The Facility does not accept the following items: electronics, any waste used for business purposes, medical and biological waste, PCBs or Dioxins, ammunition, explosives, compressed gas cylinders, radioactive waste (including smoke detectors), household appliances such as washers, dryers, freezers, air conditioners, or household trash.
