Solid Waste Division

Dumping Guidelines

TYPICAL WASTES ACCEPTABLE AT THE NEAL ROAD LANDFILL

The following wastes are generally considered to be non-hazardous or inert, and are acceptable at the Neal Road Landfill.

Municipal Solid Waste

• Food and food products
• Paper (newspaper, office paper, paper products)
• Cardboard, boxboard
• Tin
• Dried empty paint cans
• Rubber products
• Dirt, concrete, asphalt, construction rebar, rocks
• Roofing paper, shingles (non-asbestos)
• Plant residues of agricultural origin
• Styrofoam
• Fabric, clothing, textiles
• Cannery waste (less than 10 percent moisture)
• Glass, porcelain, ceramics
• Yard trimmings, wood waste
• Sheetrock, drywall
• Furniture, carpet
• PVC plastic, plastic
• Empty containers
• Non-contaminated cleanup rags

Special Wastes

• Tires
• Non-friable asbestos shingles and siding is acceptable if wrapped in heavy plastic, taped, or otherwise secured for special burial (friable asbestos is not acceptable' for disposal)
• Any metal, plastic, or glass containers used for liquid or powder chemicals must be processed by rinsing and draining, or some other approved decontamination method. Otherwise, containers must be empty, opened, and dry
• Triple-rinsed empty pesticide containers
• Medical wastes (if rendered not infectious via autoclave or other approved treatment method). No red bags, sharp medical instruments, or containers allowed with evidence of effective treatment.
• Dirt and other construction wastes may not be contaminated with chemicals or other hazardous material or hazardous wastes.
• Empty containers (i.e., aerosol cans, paint cans) or containers with dry materials (i.., solid paint)
  

HAZARDOUS WASTES ACCEPTABLE AT NEAL ROAD LANDFILL

The following wastes are generally considered to be hazardous wastes and are acceptable for disposal at the Neal Road. Ask Scale House Attendent for procedures for disposal.

• Motor Oil
• Oil Filters
• Car Batteries
• Refrigerators
  

 

TYPICAL WASTES NOT ACCEPTABLE AT NEAL ROAD LANDFILL

The following wastes are generally considered to be hazardous wastes and are not acceptable for disposal at the Neal Road

• Automotive Supplies
• Antifreeze
• Starter fluid
• Air-conditioning refrigerant
• Fuel additives
• Grease and rust solvents
• Transmission and brake fluid
• Used motor oil and gear lubricant
• Batteries, battery acid, corrosive battery fluid
• Car wax and polish
• "Lubricating oil
• Automotive cleaners (carburetor cleaner, chrome polish)
• Gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel wastes
• Kerosene, lamp oil
• Auto body filler
• Building. Paints, and Woodworking Supplies
• Liquid enamel, latex, acrylic, and water-based paints (dried solids are acceptable)
• Paint thinner, turpentine, mineral spirits
• Paint or varnish remover, strippers
• Wood preservatives (creosote, penta-chlorophenol)
• Stains, finishers
• Glue, cement
• Rust paints, metal primers
• Friable asbestos
• Fluorescent lamps with ballast and tubes
• Aerosol cans containing any pressure or fluid
• Abrasive cleaners and powders
• Adhesives, glues, cements
• Butane lighters
• Chemistry sets
• Oven cleaner
• Toilet cleaner
• Bleach cleaners
• Ammonia-based cleaners
• Rug and upholstery cleaners
• Resins, fiberglass, epoxy (dried solids are acceptable)
• Mothballs and flakes
• Pharmaceuticals (chemotherapy drugs)
• Ammunition, gun powder
• Thermometers with mercury
• Disinfectants
• Photographic chemicals and solutions
• Rubber cement thinner
• Shoe dye, polish and paste
• Spot removers
• Nail polish, polish remover, cuticle remover
• Furniture and floor polish
• Hair permanent, colorant, and straightener solutions
• Clothing and chemical dyes
• Printer ink
• Pool chemicals
• Model glue and paint
• Cleaning solvents or acids
• Any solvents or acids, other than water
• Data processing fluids
• Explosives
• Plating wastes
• Garden and Pet Supplies
• Chemical fertilizers
• Fungicides
• Herbicides
• Ant and roach killers
• Insecticides (organophosphates)
• Pesticides
• Pet care products (flea powder, tick powder, shampoo)
• Rat, mouse, and gopher poisons
• Snail and slug poisons
• Soil fumigants
• Ash (incinerator waste)
• Other Waste
• Boiler cleaning waste
• Bilge water
• Caustic sludge and wastewater
• Acid sludge
• Alkaline caustic liquids
• Bunker oil
• Fly ash
• Oil ash
• Lime and sulfur sludge
• Tanning sludge
• Soda ash
• Sulfonation oil
• Used chemical solutions (cyanide, used acids)
• Chemical toilet pumpings
• Pickling liquor
• Air reactive or water reactive solids or liquids
• Flammable gases, liquids, or solids
• Compressed gases (flammable or non-flammable)
• Corrosives
• Oxidizers, organic peroxides
• Poison gases
• Radioactive wastes
• Freon gas