Household Hazardous Waste Facility: Empty Containers

Paint & Solvent Containers

Empty oil-based paint and solvent containers should be brought to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility. Empty latex paint containers can be treated differently. Leave the lids off the empty latex paint containers to allow any residue to dry out. Then place the empty containers and lids in the trash, not in the recycling bin. Do not put the lids back on the containers.

Cleaners, Pesticides and Lawn Care Products

Rinse the empty containers three times and use the rinse water like you used the product. Some empty plastic bottles can be recycled, depending on the type of plastic and the contents. Other containers should be placed in the trash. Empty aerosol cans should go in the trash.

Motor Oil Containers

Place empty bottles of motor oil in the trash. The residue prevents the bottle from being recycled. Oil filters cannot be put in the trash. Please take these to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility.