Calhoun County - Household Hazardous Waste Collection - Oct. 13, 2025
Schedule
Mon Oct 13 2025 at 02:30 pm to 05:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
1350 Capital Ave NE, Battle Creek, MI 49017, United States | Battle Creek, MI
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City of Battle Creek neighbors are invited to join others throughout Calhoun County for a county-wide household hazardous waste collection!*This event is open to all neighbors living within Calhoun County.*
This collection will take place at Bailey Park (in the parking lot south of CO Brown Stadium; please enter on Wagner Drive) - located at 1350 Capital Ave. NE, in Battle Creek, from 2:30-5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.
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✔️ Accepted HHW Items:
Oil-based paint; fuels (in fuel cans); solvents, acids, and bases; pesticides; household cleaners; mercury; medications and sharps (inside rigid puncture-resistant container with lid); household batteries; fluorescent light bulbs; motor oil, oil filters, and antifreeze; propane cylinders and gas cylinders (NO foam insulation); fire extinguishers; aerosol cans; PCB and non-PCB lamp ballasts; oxidizers and self-heating solids; flammable solids and liquids; toxic inorganics and organics; lighters; chlorophenols; lead; self-defense spray; peroxides; water-reactives, isocyanates, and cyanide.
❌ NOT Accepted HHW Items:
Latex paint; school chemicals; biologically-active material; home-use insulation spraying cylinders; ammunitions; weapons; explosives; radioactive material (includes smoke detectors.)
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❌ HHW collections DO NOT include garbage, tires, yard waste, construction/demolition waste, appliances, or industrial/business-generated waste. These items are not defined as household hazardous waste.
✔️ Helpful HHW Collection Tips:
- Please separate paint from the rest of your items and pack your items carefully, so they do not spill while in transport.
- Use of tarps, lining cardboard boxes with plastic, or using leak-proof containers for transporting your items is recommended.
- Please label all items that are not in their original packaging.
- You may be asked to park and wait if you want any gas cans returned.
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For more information about this and other Calhoun County-wide environmental events visit, https://www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/recycling_and_solid_waste/events.php
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Where is it happening?
1350 Capital Ave NE, Battle Creek, MI 49017, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
