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ACCEPTABLE ITEMS

AUTOMOTIVE AND MARINE PRODUCTS

  • oil and fuel additives
  • grease and rust solvents, naval jelly
  • carburetor and fuel injector cleaners
  • starter fluids
  • body putty
  • antifreeze / coolant
  • gasoline

HOME MAINTENANCE / IMPROVEMENT PRODUCTS

  • oil-based paint
  • used strippers and thinners
  • adhesives
  • driveway sealant
  • roofing tar
  • wallpaper remover
  • stains and varnishes

HOME LAWN AND GARDEN PRODUCTS

  • pesticides
  • fertilizers
  • wood preservatives

MISCELLANEOUS

  • pool chemicals
  • photo processing chemicals
  • medicines / drugs
  • aerosols / compressed gas
  • mercury thermostats and thermometers
  • fluorescent tubes
  • compact fluorescent bulbs

ELECTRONICS

  • CPU's
  • TV's (console TV's must be dismantled)
  • monitors
  • printers
  • keyboards

UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS

MEDICAL / BIOLOGICAL

  • needles and sharps
  • infectious wastes
  • dead animals
  • any waste from a doctor's office, clinic, or veternarian's office

EXPLOSIVES / AMMUNITION

  • fireworks
  • military ordnance
  • gun powder
  • ammunition

RADIOACTIVES

  • smoke detectors
  • radium paint

BUSINESS / INSTITUTIONAL WASTE

  • no businesses, large or small
  • no colleges or universities
  • no schools
  • no hospitals
  • no home improvement or painting contractors
  • no agribusiness

MISCELLANEOUS

  • empty containers of any kind
  • automotive gas tanks
  • laboratory chemicals
  • cooking oil
  • alkaline batteries - should be thrown away in the trash

For more information about Tennessee's Household Hazardous
Waste Program, Paula Mitchell at 615-532-9265.