Materials accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center, at Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station, 5125 NE 63rd Ave., Gainesville, FL. include:
• Poisons
• Flammable Liquids
• Corrosives
• Used Motor Oil and Filters
• Brake Fluid, Transmission Fluid
• Automotive Batteries
• Antifreeze
• Stale Gas
• Paints and Other Surface Coatings
• Aerosol Containers
• Dry Cell Batteries
• Fluorescent Lamps
• End of Life Electronics (E-Scrap or E-Waste)
• Old TV's, computers, computer monitors, stereos,VCR's,etc..
• Propane tanks
• Unwanted medicines/pharmaceuticals
• Waste vegetable Oil
* Flares and Ammunition
Medical Sharps, needles, and syringes are able to be accepted by the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center (5125 NW 63rd Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32609), on behalf of the Alachua County Public Health Department, but these items are potentially dangerous to the staff that will handle them, so they MUST be brought in approved SHARPS containers, or a hard sided plastic with a closed top or lid (such as a milk jug, a laundry detergent container, etc.). This allows for the safe handling of the disposed SHARPS by staff, and we appreciate your cooperation. For more information, please call: 352-334-0440.
Materials accepted at the Rural Collection Centers, include only the following:
• Automotive Fluids
• Automotive Batteries
• Dry Cell/Button Batteries (all types)
• Latex and Oil based Paint
• Used Oil Filters
• Fluorescent Tubes
• Used Motor Oil (5 gal. limit per person)
• Electronics (computers, TVs, consumer electronics)
• Aerosol cans
• Waste vegetable oil
Collection Centers DO NOT ACCEPT the following materials:
•Radioactive materials
•Infectious or biological wastes
•Asbestos, and asbestos containing materials
•Pressurized gas cylinders (except Propane Tanks)
•Pyrophorics
•Explosives
•Narcotics and Controlled Substances