According to the Kansas Department of Health & Environment, the average household in Kansas generates 15 pounds of hazardous chemical waste every year. Hazardous products have at least one of the following properties: 

1. Corrosive (acid is an example)
2. Reactive (chemicals that spontaneously ignite or create poisonous vapors when mixed with other chemicals)
3. Flammable (burns easily)
4. Toxic (poisonous or causes long-term illness)

Many products such as oven cleaners, paints, lawn and garden products, auto fluids, batteries, pet shampoos, and others used in everyday life are considered hazardous. (see the website www.govlink.org/hazwaste/house/products/list.cfm for a more complete list).

Since so many products are considered hazardous, it is very important that these materials be disposed of properly to protect human health and the environment.
Improper disposal of hazardous material in regular household trash endangers sanitation workers, sends hazardous chemicals to landfills, and can poison soils and water supplies. Simply dumping hazardous materials on the ground or pouring them down storm drains is also dangerous and can contaminate local streams. People often store hazardous materials for years and accumulate large quantities in basements, garages, under sinks, and in sheds necessitating the disposal of large volumes of material when a property changes hands or a spill occurs.

Disposal of household hazardous waste (HHW) at your local HHW disposal site is a much better solution to improper disposal or stockpiling these materials and risking harmful exposure to yourself, your family and the environment. Most county HHW disposal services are also provided free of charge to county residents.

What you can do . . .

• Take hazardous wastes to the HHW collection site in your county -- Location of disposal sites and hours of operation are listed in the table below.  Disposal is normall free for county residents.

• Use safer alternative products around your home and yard -- A list of some of these alternatives can be found at www.govlink.org/hazwaste/house/products/list.cfm .

• Periodically check storage spaces such as garages, basements, closets or under the kitchen sink where hazardous materials may accumulate over time. Look for old or leaking containers and take any materials that are no longer useable or identifiable to your local HHW disposal site.

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) disposal sites in the area:

County	Name of Facility	Address	Phone Number	Hours of Operation
Atchison	Transfer Station 1 ______________ Transfer Station 2	8575 Neosho Road Atchison,KS ________________ 9803 US Hwy 159 Effingham, KS	913-367-1530 ___________________ 913-367-1666	M-Sat, 8:00am- 4:00pm ______________________ Wed. & Sat., 8:00am- 4:30pm
Brown	Brown County Transfer Station	1664 190th St Hiawatha, KS	785-547-3415	M,W, Th,F 8:00am-4:00pm Tues & Sat 8:00 am-12 noon
Doniphan	Doniphan County Noxious Weed ______________ Doniphan County Transfer Station	548 240th Road Highland, KS ________________ 1144 S. Columbus Wathena, KS	785-985-2778 _______________	Thursdays, 9:00am-11:00am ______________________ Thursdays, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Jackson	Jackson County HHW	700 E. 4th St Holton, Ks	785-364-3459	Tuesday-Saturday, 8:00am-  4:30pm
Jefferson	Jefferson County HHW and Noxious Weed Dept	15049 94th St Oskaloosa, KS	785-863-2581	M-F 8:00am-4:30pm
Nemaha	Nemaha County Transfer Station	1872 US Hwy 36 Seneca, KS	785-336-3070	M-F 8:30am-4:00pm  Saturday 8:30am-Noon