City Announces Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off

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Winter Park’s Sustainability Division is inviting residents to dispose of chemical products and electronics during the Household Hazardous Waste and E-waste Drop-off. Items will be accepted on Saturday, March 4, from 8 a.m. to noon by the intersection of Orange and Cypress Avenues.

Only household items from Winter Park residents will be accepted; contractors are not permitted to use the drop-off for businesses-related waste. Participants must bring a driver’s license or utility bill statement as proof of city residency.

Acceptable household hazardous waste items include the following:

  • fertilizers & pesticides
  • household chemicals and pool chemicals
  • gasoline and used engine oil
  • antifreeze
  • tires (4 max)
  • propane tanks
  • paint thinners and wet latex paint
  • oil-based paint (wet or dry)
  • non-alkaline batteries

E-waste items include:

  • computers
  • VCRs
  • stereos and CD players
  • televisions
  • DVD players
  • FAX machines

Residents are asked to keep all hazardous waste materials in original containers with labeling. Items that cannot be identified or without proper labels will not be accepted. Prescription medication can be dropped off at the Public Safety Facility, 500 N. Virginia Ave., Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Street configurations for waste drop-off. Image courtesy of: City of Winter Park

Palmetto Avenue will be open to one-way traffic from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Orange and Minnesota Avenues may experience higher-than-average traffic congestion.

For more information, go to cityofwinterpark.org/sustainability, or call 407-599-3364.

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