Common Household Hazardous Waste Products

Use this checklist to determine common household items containing potentially hazardous ingredients that might be found in your garage, basement, or other storage space in your home.

Cleaning Products

º Oven cleaners
º Drain cleaners
º Wood & metal cleaners & polishes
º Toilet cleaners
º Tub, tile & shower cleaners
º Bleach (laundry)
º Pool chemicals

lndoor Pesticides

º Ant spray & baits
º Cockroach spray & baits
º Flea repellents & shampoos
º Bug sprays
º Houseplant insecticides
º Moth repellents
º Mouse & rat poisons & baits

Automotive Products

º Motor oil (recycled at Landfill)
º Fuel additives
º Carburetor & fuel injection cleaners
º Air conditioner refrigerants
º Starter fluids
º Auto batteries (recycled at Landfill)
º Transmission & brake fluid
º Antifreeze (recycled at Landfill)

Workshop/Painting Supplies

º Adhesive & glues
º Furniture strippers
º Oil- or enamel-based paint
º Stains & finishes
º Paint thinners & turpentine
º Paint strippers & removers
º Photographic chemicals
º Fixatives & other solvents

Lawn & Garden Products

º Herbicides
º Insecticides
º Fungicides/wood preservatives

Miscellaneous

º Batteries
º Mercury thermometers
º Mercury thermostats
º Fluorescent light bulbs
º Driveway sealer

Other Flammable Products

º Propane tanks (recycled at the Landfill)
º Other compressed gas cylinders
º Kerosene
º Home heating oil
º Diesel fuel
º Gas/oil mixtures
º Lighter fluid

To learn more about how to dispose safely of such products, including the schedule of Loudoun County's Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events, visit our Household Hazardous Waste homepage.