(Washington, DC) As part of the District’s Earth Day celebration, the DC Department of Public Works (DPW) will hold its spring e-cycling and household hazardous waste disposal event—rain or shine—Saturday, April 22, from 9 am to 3 pm at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre parking lot at 16th and Kennedy Streets, NW. This drop-off service is free and open to all District residents. In case of rain, residents are reminded that they can drive to the collection station and attendants will take materials out of their vehicle for safe disposal.

DC residents can bring the following items to the collection site for environmentally safe disposal, such as leftover cleaning and gardening chemicals, small quantities of gasoline, pesticides and poisons, mercury thermometers, varnish, solvents, spent batteries of all kinds, roofing tar, chemistry sets, automotive fluids, and even asbestos floor tiles.

Additionally, an electronics recycler will be onsite to take end-of-life consumer electronics, including computers, computer monitors and other accessories, televisions, and office equipment. These machines will be broken down into their component parts (plastic, glass, toxic/heavy metals) and recycled or disposed of safely.

Items that will not be accepted during the Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Recycling Collection include ammunition, bulk trash, wooden TV consoles, propane tanks, microwave ovens, air conditioners and other appliances, as well as radioactive or medical wastes.

Learn more information about household hazardous waste.