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RDCK Household Hazardous Waste Roundup

  • Nakusp Community Complex 200 - 8th Avenue Northwest Nakusp, BC, V0G 1R0 Canada (map)

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection events happen every year and provide an oppurtunity to RDCK residents to responsibly dispose of RESIDENTIAL household hazardous waste materials for free. 

  • Only residential household hazards waste will be accepted.

  • Donations to your local Food Bank will be accepted.

  • Commercial or Industrial loads or volumes will NOT be accepted.

ACCEPTED MATERIALS

  • Adhesives

  • Aerosols

  • Audio/Video Systems (personal/portable systems; vehicle audio/video systems; video gaming systems & accessories, etc.)

  • Single use & Rechargeable & E-Mobility Batteries

  • Battery powered toys & gaming systems

  • Bear sprays

  • Bleach 

  • Bromine

  • Caustics

  • Cleaning Products

  • Computers & Computer Peripherals (printers, keyboards, mice, trackballs, etc.)

  • Corrosive Materials

  • Display Devices (TV, PC monitors)

  • Electrical household portable appliances

  • Electrical personal care appliances

  • Electrical power tools

  • Electrical musical instruments

  • Fertilizers

  • Gasoline and other flammable liquid

  • (Home/Vehicle) audio/video systems

  • Lighting products and ballasts

  • Kerosene

  • Mercury and mercury containing products

  • Oil & Antifreeze containers

  • Paint products & Paint thinners

  • Paint containers

  • Personal/home cellular devices

  • Pesticides

  • Pool/hot tub chemicals

  • Printers

  • Roofing tar

  • Smoke alarms

  • Thermometers/Thermostats

  • Unlabeled/Unidentified items

  • Used motor oil, antifreeze, oil filters

NOT ACCEPTED

  • Commerical Materials (residential materials only)

  • Ammunition

  • Bio-Hazardous Waste

  • Explosives

  • Flares

  • Radioactive Materials

  • Biodiesel/cooking oil

  • Asbestos (Landfill only, year round)

  • Major Appliances included in the MARR program (RDCK landfill or transfer station, year round)

  • Propane tanks (RDCK landfill or transfer station, year round)

  • Lead-Acid Automotive Batteries (RDCK landfill or transfer station, year round)

Earlier Event: September 9
Nakusp Farmers Market
Later Event: September 9
Pizza in the Garden - Burton