(Washington, DC) The DC Department of Public Works announced today that the November drop-off for household hazardous waste, e-cycling and personal document shredding will be Saturday, November 5, at the Ft. Totten Transfer Station, between 8 am and 3 pm. To accommodate residents whose religious beliefs prohibit them from using the Saturday drop-off, DPW is accepting household hazardous waste and e-cyclables the first Thursday of the month (November 3, from 1 pm to 7 pm).

While DPW normally offers personal document shredding the first Saturday, they cannot accept items for shredding on Thursdays because they cannot protect these documents until the shredding contractor arrives the first Saturday.

Acceptable household hazardous waste items include acids, aerosols, antifreeze, batteries, cleaning chemicals, fluorescent light bulbs, stains, varnish, fertilizer, pesticides, automobile fluids, and lighter fluid. Acceptable e-cyclables include audio/visual equipment, CD Rom drives and CDs/DVDs, cell phones, computers and monitors, fax and copy machines, pagers, power supplies, printers, TVs, VCRs and tapes, and video games and software.

District residents may bring up to five, medium-size boxes (no larger than the standard District recycling bin, which is approximately 20” x 14” x 14”) of personal documents to be shredded. Only paper (staples, paper and binder clips on the paper are okay) and credit cards will be accepted. No business or commercial material will be accepted.

For a list of all household hazardous waste and e-cyclables accepted by DPW, please click on the HHW link at www.dpw.dc.gov.

*Directions to Ft. Totten: Travel east on Irving Street, NW, turn left on Michigan Avenue, turn left on John F. McCormack Road, NE and continue to the end of the street.