Residential household hazardous waste collection day is May 12

The Local Emergency Planning Committee, in cooperation with Harford County Office of Recycling, is offering Harford County residents the opportunity to safely dispose of their household hazardous waste products such as oil-based paints, cleaning products, bleach, pool chemicals, herbicides, pesticides and mercury thermometers

The hazardous waste collection will be Saturday, May 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Harford Waste Disposal Center Mulch and Compost Facility, 3135 Scarboro Road in Street.

The event is free and open to all Harford County residents. Businesses or industrial or commercial farm waste will not be accepted at this event. Proof of residency will be required.

For more information on what is being accepted at this event, please contact the Harford County Office of Recycling, 410-638-3417.