Services are restricted to residents of Charles County only.
First Saturday of the month from 9am to 3pm
www.charlescounty.org/recycling/(301) 932-3599
La Plata, MD 20646
This site is only open April through December. These events are for residential use only; commercial amounts strictly prohibited.
Relocated to the Department of Public Works (off of Radio Station Road). Residential amounts of HHW accepted free of charge.
Please keep the materials in their original containers whenever possible and appropriately mark any container that does not have a readable, original label. Please bring HHW containers in cardboard boxes to help ease unloading.
Non-Acceptable Items include:
Ammunition
Bio/Medical Wastes (sharps, needles, body fluids)
Commercial amounts of Hazardous Waste
Used motor oil, antifreeze, propane tanks, and batteries are accepted on a regular basis at our recycling centers. It is not necessary to wait until an HHW collection day to discard these materials.
Latex paint can be placed in your household trash as long as it is solidified. This can be accomplished by adding kitty litter, shredded paper, old rags, or sawdust to the liquid latex paint to aid in drying it out.
Material | Residential | Business | Note |
Acids | dropoff |
none |
|
Adhesives | dropoff |
none |
|
Aerosol Cans - Empty | dropoff |
none |
|
Aerosol Cans - Full | dropoff |
none |
|
Alkaline Batteries | dropoff |
none |
|
Antifreeze | dropoff |
none |
|
Brake Fluid | dropoff |
none |
|
Button Cell Batteries | dropoff |
none |
|
Car Fluids | dropoff |
none |
|
CFLs | dropoff |
none |
|
Chemistry Sets | dropoff |
none |
|
Cooking Oil | dropoff |
none |
|
Engine Degreasers | dropoff |
none |
|
Fertilizers | dropoff |
none |
|
Fluorescent Tubes | dropoff |
none |
|
Fungicides | dropoff |
none |
|
Gas/Oil Mixture | dropoff |
none |
|
Gasoline | dropoff |
none |
|
Hair Dye | dropoff |
none |
|
Hair Spray | dropoff |
none |
|
Herbicides | dropoff |
none |
|
HHW | dropoff |
none |
|
Household Cleaners | dropoff |
none |
|
Hydraulic Fluid | dropoff |
none |
|
Insecticides | dropoff |
none |
|
Items Containing Mercury | dropoff |
none |
|
Kerosene | dropoff |
none |
|
Lacquer | dropoff |
none |
|
Lead-acid Batteries - Non-automotive | dropoff |
none |
|
Lice Shampoo | dropoff |
none |
|
Lighter Fluid | dropoff |
none |
|
Lithium Batteries | dropoff |
none |
|
Lithium-ion Batteries | dropoff |
none |
|
Medications | dropoff |
none |
|
Mercury Thermostats | dropoff |
none |
|
Motor Oil | dropoff |
none |
|
Nail Polish | dropoff |
none |
|
Nail Polish Removers | dropoff |
none |
|
Nickel-cadmium Batteries | dropoff |
none |
|
Nickel-metal Hydride Batteries | dropoff |
none |
|
Nickel-zinc Batteries | dropoff |
none |
|
Oil-Based Paint | dropoff |
none |
|
Paint Strippers | dropoff |
none |
|
Paint Thinners | dropoff |
none |
|
Pesticides | dropoff |
none |
|
Photographic Chemicals | dropoff |
none |
|
Pool Chemicals | dropoff |
none |
|
Power Steering Fluid | dropoff |
none |
|
Sealers | dropoff |
none |
|
Silver-oxide Batteries | dropoff |
none |
|
Solvents | dropoff |
none |
|
Transmission Fluid | dropoff |
none |
|
Varnish | dropoff |
none |
|
Wood Stains | dropoff |
none |
|
Zinc-air Batteries | dropoff |
none |
|
Zinc-carbon Batteries | dropoff |
none |
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