On this page learn about:

• Batteries and Cell Phones recycling
• Waste Oil disposal
• Household Hazardous Waste Days
  • When is the next event at Cawley Stadium?
  • What materials are accepted?
  • Are any materials not accepted?
• If you miss Household Hazardous Waste Day
• For More Information

Batteries and Cell Phones

The Recycling Coordinator is happy to take the following items from you, year-round. City Hall, Room 34. Weekdays 8:30a to 4:30p.

Some Special Batteries

• Ni-Cd and Other Rechargeable Batteries – cordless phone, laptop computer, power tools, electric tooth brush, beeper, etc.
• Button Batteries – hearing aid, watch, calculator
• Specialty Batteries – lithium camera batteries and other specialty batteries
• Cell phones – the battery, the phone, and all accessories can be recycled, and through a joint effort between the City and Keep Lowell Beautiful, cell phones collected help to raise money for recycling initiatives.

Note: you can also bring the above items to Household Hazardous Waste days

Automobile Batteries

Automobile batteries are collected at Household Hazardous Waste days, and also by many local auto parts stores.

Do not recycle

Alkaline batteries (regular A, AA, AAA, C, D, 9volt) are not hazardous and should be disposed of at home with your regular trash.

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Waste Oil

Waste oil is very damaging to our waterways and ground water when not disposed of property.  You have several disposal options:

• Retail stores which sell motor oil are required to take back used motor oil if you have a receipt.  The law provides for a limit of 2 gallons per person per day.  You can call the Used Oil Hotline with questions or to report aretailers who are unwilling to accept used oil from customers who have a receipt -- (617) 556-1022.

• Waste Oil Collection, monthly April through November, at Duck Island

• Your third option is to hold onto your used Motor Oil, and bring it to the next Household Hazardous Waste Day

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Household Hazardous Waste Days

Lowell provides its residents with 2 comprehensive collection events each year --  one in the Spring, and one in the Fall.  They are held at Cawley Stadium from 9am until 1pm.  The last event drew over 625 cars.  Be prapared for waits exceeding one hour!!

The next HHW Day will be held:

 Tentative Date

Sat. May 2nd, 2009.

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Acceptable Materials

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Unacceptable Materials and How to Dispose of each

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If you miss Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Day

If you are not able to wait until the next free HHW event because you are moving for instance, or if you just missed an event and really want to rid you home of your hazardous waste, you now have two options:

Enviro-Safe Corp. Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off 

• Kindly call ahead:  Kevin Poulin at 978-453-7772, Monday through Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm
• Refer to the list of Accepted and Not Accepted at our Household Hazardous Waste Days.  The same applies to using EnviroSafe. 
• Pricing:  $5 per gallon or pound.  Cash and check are both accepted for payment.
• Car batteries are $5 each

Enviro-Safe Corp. is also known as Jones Environmental.  They are located at 263 Howard Street, at the corner of Tanner and Howard Streets; it is a beige building.  The truck entrance is located on Tanner Street before the corner.  the visitor entrance is located around the corner on the Howard Street side.

Web site link: Enviro-Safe New England

 

Minuteman Household Hazardous Products Facility in Lexington

60 Hartwell Avenue,  Lexington, MA

All collection dates are Saturdays except for the September collection which is held on a Sunday.  The collections run from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

 

April 28

May 19

June 16

July 21

August 18

Sunday September 16

October 20

November 3

You will need to provide identification, and a check to cover the fee which is $60 for a full carload (12 to 25 gallons or pounds) and $30 for a half carload (up to 12 gallons or pounds). Cash and credit cards are not accepted.  Latex paint is NOT accepted.

DIRECTIONS:  From Rte 128S take exit 31 (Rte 4/225 heading toward Bedford).  At the first light take a right, via jug handle, onto Hartwell Avenue.  The site is 1/4 mile down on the left just after the bike path at the composting facility.

http://ci.lexington.ma.us/OCD/Health/Documents/HHWsched.html

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For More Information

For more information on hazardous waste visit the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) website at

http://www.mass.gov/dep/recycle/hproduct.htm

For consumer questions on HHP:

DEP Household Hazardous Waste Hotline: 800-343-3420

For general information on hard to manage wastes:

DEP Coordinator for Hard to Manage Wastes: 617-292-5704

For questions specifically about used oil collection centers:

DEP Used Oil Hotline: 617-556-1022

For poison exposure information

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