Free hazardous waste disposal event set

Amnesty Day is made possible by Santa Rosa County in cooperation with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Okaloosa County Environmental Office. [Special to the Press Gazette]

GULF BREEZE — Santa Rosa County will host Household Hazardous Waste Amnesty Day from 8 a.m. to noon on March 18 at the Santa Rosa County South Service Center, 5819 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Gulf Breeze.

This event offers residents the opportunity to dispose of HHW at no charge without having to drive to the Central Landfill in Milton. Such items will usually have a warning or cautionary statement on their labels, such as flammable, corrosive, poison or toxic.

These items will be accepted and should never be disposed of with household garbage:

  • Up to five regular car or truck tires per vehicle; no large, heavy-duty or racing tires accepted
  • Antifreeze, gasoline, oil and oil filters
  • Paint and solvents
  • Lubricants and grease
  • Pesticides and fertilizers
  • Pool cleaners, household cleaners
  • Batteries and battery backups
  • Propane bottles
  • Aerosol cans
  • Flat screen monitors and flat screen TVs
  • Computers, printers, copiers, fax machines, typewriters and DVD/DVR players
  • Fluorescent light bulbs
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Approved sharps containers — bring a full sharps container for proper disposal and receive a free replacement container

Residents must remove items from their vehicles; HHW items can cause injury if handled improperly.

Conditionally exempt small-quantity generators (small businesses, schools and growers, for example) may dispose of hazardous waste at a reduced rate. Such waste is accepted by appointment only. Call 981-7135 by 12 p.m. the day before the event to schedule a drop-off time.

Santa Rosa residents can dispose of household hazardous waste, including sharps, Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the HHW center at the entrance to the Central Landfill, 6337 Da Lisa Road in Milton. Regular, light-duty, truck or car tires are each accepted for $5 year-round.

Amnesty Day is made possible by Santa Rosa County in cooperation with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Okaloosa County Environmental Office.

Call 981-7135 for more information.

This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Free hazardous waste disposal event set