Community Corner

Household Chemicals Disposal at South Park Sept. 21

Details here.

Sponsored by Zero Waste Pittsburgh, a household chemicals collection event will be held in the South Park Wave Pool parking lot (1 Wave Pool Complex, Bethel Park, PA 15102) on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.


The fee to participate—cash only—is $2 per gallon.

Acceptable items include:

  • aerosol cans
  • automotive fluids (motor oil, transmission fluid, antifreeze, brake fluid)
  • batteries
  • chemistry sets
  • compact fluorescent bulbs
  • gasoline
  • kerosene
  • household cleaners (ammonia, drain openers, acid cleaners, oven cleaners)
  • mercury
  • paint products (latex, oil-based, alkyd-based, arts/crafts chemicals, rust preservatives, creosote, water sealers, paint thinners, furniture strippers)
  • photo chemicals
  • pool chemicals
These items are NOT acceptable:
  • fluorescent tubes
  • leaking containers
  • ammunition
  • appliances
  • bulk waste
  • commercial and industrial waste
  • compressed gas cylinders, including propane tanks
  • drugs
  • explosives
  • flares
  • medical waste, including needles
  • polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, and dioxin
  • radioactive materials, including smoke detectors
  • tires


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