Household Hazardous Waste Events allow you to safely dispose of Household Hazardous Waste (HHWs). Do not throw out HHWs with your regular garbage or pour them down the drain. HHWs can result in environmental damage and create a health hazard if you don’t dispose of them properly.
These events are for residents of the City of Brantford and County of Brant only.
Please note that industrial, commercial or institutional waste is not accepted at these residential events.
Tires and electronics can be disposed of free of charge at the Mohawk Street Landfill.
2025 Household Hazardous Waste Events
Dispose of your HHWs at the Mohawk Street Landfill Site from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following dates:
- April 12
- May 3
- June 14
- July 12
- August 9
- September 13
- October 18
- November 15
- Abrasive Cleaners
- Acids
- Adhesives and Polishes
- Aerosols
- Air Freshener
- Ammonia
- Ant Poison
- Antifreeze
- Arsenic brake fluid
- Batteries (please apply tape to the positive and negative terminals of all lithium batteries)
- Bug sprays, pesticides
- Butane cylinders
- Car batteries
- Chlorine bleach disinfectants
- Drain cleaners
- Driveway sealers
- Engine coolant
- Fertilizer
- Fire starter
- Floor polish
- Fungicides
- Furniture polish
- Gasoline
- Glues/cements
- Hand sanitizer
- Herbicides
- Household cleaners
- Insecticides
- Kerosene
- Lawn care products
- Lighter fluid
- Medicines
- Metal polish
- Motor oil and empty motor oil containers (limit of 20 L per vehicle, per event day)
- Nail polish
- Needles
- Oil filters
- Oven cleaner
- Paint (empty, rust-free metal paint cans and lids can be put out for recycling)
- Paint cleaners
- Pharmaceuticals (can also be returned to your local pharmacy)
- Poisons
- Polishes
- Pool chemicals
- Pressurized tanks including barbecue tanks are limited to 20-litre size (must have legible labelling for acceptance)
- Propane tanks
- Rat poison
- Rug cleaner
- Rust paint
- Shellac
- Silver polish
- Solvents
- Spot removers
- Stains
- Syringes, needles, and sharps (properly contained in a rigid walled container with lid)
- Transmission fluid
- Turpentine
- Unbroken household fluorescent light tubes (limit of 10 per household, do not tape them together)
- Weed killer
- Window cleaner
- Wood preservative
- Wood stripper
Battery disposal
Drop off used batteries (single-use and rechargeable) at a battery recycling location in your area or bring them to an upcoming Household Hazardous Waste Event at Mohawk Street Landfill Site (20 Morrison Rd.) for recycling.
To view a list of additional battery recycling locations in your area, visit rpra.ca.
Fluorescent and compact fluorescent tubes
You can bring fluorescent tubes (including compact fluorescent bulbs) in a cardboard box or wrap them in newspaper. Do not tape tubes and/or bulbs together. There is a limit of 10 tubes/bulbs per vehicle, per event day.
Ballasts are accepted but must be removed from the fluorescent fixtures.
- Ammunition
- Appliances
- Asbestos
- Biomedical waste
- Commercial, agricultural, industrial radioactive or unknown wastes or drums of material
- Dehumidifiers, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, water coolers and any other refrigerant containing appliances
- Electric appliances (blenders, coffee makers, irons, vacuums, electric toothbrushes, kettles, etc.)
- Electronic typewriter
- Explosives
- Microwaves
- Power tools
- Radioactive waste
- Smoke/CO detectors.
- Toner/ink cartridges
- Video games/CDs/DVDs/VHS tapes
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