Business Chemical Drop-off
Hazardous Waste Doesn't Have To Be A BIG DEAL for small business.
Collection of Mercury and Pesticides is funded by grants from the State of Michigan. For additional information in the proper disposal of these items, please see the Clean Sweep section of this web site.
We want to make it simpler for you to dispose of hazardous wastes properly!
Small businesses with small amounts of hazardous wastes may find themselves in a logistical and financial bind: in general, the hazardous waste disposal industry is geared to serve medium and large businesses, regularly removing many drums of hazardous wastes. Smaller businesses don't qualify for the industry's volume-based price breaks and so end up facing high per-unit fees on top of prohibitive pickup and transport costs - if they can obtain service at all.
The Emmet County Department of Public Works (ECDPW) can help many small businesses avoid this bind. Our Household Chemical Drop-off Program can take hazardous materials from businesses and organizations which meet both of the following limits:
- Produce less than 220 pounds of hazardous waste a month
- Never accumulate more than 2,200 pounds of material at a time.
Call the Emmet County Department of Public Works for more information at 231-348-0660
All businesses are legally responsible for proper disposal or recycling of all of their hazardous waste materials, including:
Adhesives
Ammonia
Antifreeze
Contaminated Materials
Corrosives
Cyanide Wastes
Developing & Fixing Solutions
Dry cleaning Filtration Residue
Dyes
Formaldehyde
Heavy Metals/Inorganics
Herbicides
Ignitable Wastes
Mercury
Pesticides
Petroleum Products
Reactives
Reagents
Silver/Silver Solutions
Spent Plating Wastes
Used Oils/Filters
Waste Inks & Ink Sludges
Wood Preserving Agents
and, yes, even...
Aerosol Cans
Batteries
Computer Equipment
Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Paints & Paint Wastes
Solvents/Thinners
Television Sets