Household Hazardous Waste collection day returns
The City of Yuma’s quarterly Household Hazardous Waste collection day returns on Saturday, April 7, from 8 a.m. to noon.
The event will be held in the east parking lot of the Yuma Civic Center located at 1440 W. Desert Hills Drive.
Leftover household products that are flammable, corrosive, toxic or reactive under certain circumstances are considered household hazardous waste.
The City’s HHW Day provides a free opportunity for residents to safely dispose of these products, such as paint, batteries, pesticides and cleaners, by simply dropping them off.
These type of wastes requires special care to be properly disposed of.
To participate, collect your unwanted household hazardous waste items and take them to the Civic Center parking lot, where traffic control devices will show vehicles to the drop-off site. Then, describe the types of waste to be collected.
From there, staff will provide instructions for which station(s) to stop to drop off waste.
The following items will be accepted at the HHW collection event:
Motor oil Paint Antifreeze Household cleaners Solvents Pesticides Batteries Fertilizers Tires (limit of five; must be off the wheel) No business/commercial waste, ammunition, pressurized gas, radioactive waste, explosives, prescription drugs or needles will be accepted.
Residents may bring the following household items to the drop-off site to be recycled:
Aluminum cans Paper E-Waste Cardboard material Paper documents Plastics If you have any questions, please call the City’s Public Works Department at (928) 373-4500.
