Hazardous materials illegally dumped at 1.8-acre site

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE

Leftover household products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable or reactive ingredients are considered household hazardous waste.

Products such as paints, cleaners, oils, batteries and pesticides that contain potentially hazardous ingredients require special handling when residents dispose of them. Residents are prohibited from disposing of household hazardous waste at the 1.8-Acre Site.

Residents can dispose of their toxic waste at any of Orange County’s four Household Hazardous Waste Collection Centers. The closest one to LW is the Huntington Beach Collection Center located at 17121 Nichols Lane, 92647, Gate 6.

Proof of county residence may be requested. People can also dispose of e-waste such as televisions, tablets, cell phones and computers at this site.

Household hazardous waste cannot be dis- WASTE

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posed of in LW. It should be taken to a collection center in Orange County.

It is open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday (closed on major holidays and during rainy weather).

People who need special assistance with household hazardous waste collection and are unable to bring it to a center should call 714-834-4000 for more information about Orange County’s Door-to-Door service.

For more information, visit www.oclandfills.com/hazardouswaste.