Drop Off Hazardous Waste At This Morris County Event

MORRISTOWN, NJ — The Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority will hold a hazardous waste disposal day Saturday at the Public Safety Training Academy. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the facility on 500 W Hanover Ave., Morristown.

The event is designed for residential household waste, and businesses are not permitted. Businesses can visit the permanent Mount Olive facility by appointment.

Acceptable materials include pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, oil-based paints, stains, paint thinners and removers, solvents, automotive fluids, lead acid and rechargeable batteries, pool chemicals and darkroom chemicals.

Also accepted are aerosol cans (not empty), propane cylinders, small quantities of asbestos (wetted, double bagged and sealed with duct tape to a 100 pound limit), driveway sealant, roofing tar, fluorescent bulbs, PCB-ballasts, mercury thermometers and switches, household cleaning products and muriatic acid.

Latex paint won't be accepted, because it isn't considered hazardous. It should be dried out and put in the trash, according to the utilities authority. Explosive or highly reactive materials, such as picric acid or nitro compounds, also won't get accepted.

MCMUA requests that all patrons store their materials in the trunk because of COVID-19 restrictions. Find more information here about restrictions.

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