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To schedule a pick-up of Appliances, Scrap Metal, TVs and Monitors call 617-376-7556 at least 24 hours before your regular trash pick-up day.
Quincy residents can participate in our Household Hazardous Waste Collection scheduled twice a year--once in the spring and once in the fall. Proof of residency is required (driver's license or tax bill). Not for commercial disposal.
2011 Household Hazardous Waste
Collection Schedule
Spring Household Hazardous Waste Day:
Saturday, June 2, 2012, 8 AM to 10 AM
Fall Household Hazardous Waste Day:
Saturday, October 6, 2012, 8 AM to 10 AM
What To Bring
Antifreeze
Aerosol cans (accepted year round)
Artist Supplies
Brake Fluid
Car Wax, Polish
Car batteries (accepted year round)
Carburator Cleaner
Chemical Fertilizers
Chemistry Sets
Drain and Toilet Cleaner
Driveway Sealer
Engine Degreaser
Fiberglass Resin
Flea Control Products
Floor and Metal Poish
Fuels/Gasoline/Kerosine(accepted year round)
Fungicides
Furniture Polish
Hobby Supplies
Mercury items*
Motor Oil (accepted year round)
Moth Balls
Ni-cad, Lithium batteries (accepted year round)
Oil based paint/varnish/stain
Oven Cleaner
Paint Strippers/Cleaners
Photo Chemicals
Poisons/Insecticides
Roofing Tar
Rubber Cement/Airplane Glue
Rug and Upholstery Cleaner
Solvent/Adhesives
Spot Remover
Stains/Varnishes
Swimming Pool Chemicals
Turpentine/paint thinner
Transmission Fluid
Weed Killers
Wood Preservatives
Waste fuels: kerosene/gasoline
Moth balls
Wood preservatives
How To Bring It
• Leave material in original containers
• Tighten caps and lids
• Sort and pack separately; oil paint, pesticides, and household cleaners
• Pack containers in sturdy upright boxes
• NEVER MIX CHEMICALS
• Pack your car and drive directly to the site
• NEVER SMOKE while handling hazardous materials
What Not To Bring
PCB's
Ammunition/fireworks
Asbestos
Commercial or industrial waste
Explosives/combustible engines
Fire extinguishers
Infectious/biological waste
Prescription medicines/syringes
RadioactivesSmoke detectors
Tires
Note: Latex Paints--Remove lid, let dry and place curbside with trash
Mercury is a toxic metal. *State law bans the disposal of products containing mercury in the trash. When Mercury is released into the air (by trash incinerators, landfills and wastewater discharges) it can accumulate in people and wildlife. Children and fetuses are particularly vulnerable, because it can damage their developing nervous systems.**
Bring your Mercury containing items to the DPW Yard, 55 Sea St., Monday through Friday 7:30 A.M. to 3 P.M. and Saturdays 7:30 to 2:30 from April through mid-December.
Thermostats
Thermometers
Button Batteries
Neon Lamps
Barometers Flow Meters
Hydrometers
Switches and Relays
Fluorescent Lamps
U-Tubes
CFL (swirly bulbs)
Ni-cad and Lithium batteries
** MA Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Waste Prevention, 2008
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