Free Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event

The City of Great Falls Public Works Environmental Division is partnering with Veolia North America to host a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event on Saturday, April 15, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The location of the event is just south of the Great Falls Police Department at 112 1st St. S. The event is free and open to the public.

Residents can bring in everything from antifreeze, gasoline, lighter fluid, paint and paint thinner, road flares, shellac, fertilizer, pesticides, furniture polish, insect spray, cleaners, disinfectants, hair remover, nail polish, and more. The event motto is, "If it doesn't bring you joy, just drop it off."

Veolia North America can recycle or reuse 60% to 70% of the materials brought in. For materials that can't be recycled or reused in the conventional sense, they work to find alternative options. For example, they are able to bulk up the paint they collect, fill a tanker truck with the liquid and beneficially reuse it as a replacement fuel in place of coal at a cement kiln.

The goal of the Household Hazardous Waste Event is to ensure the safe and compliant management and disposal of household hazardous waste.