📍 227 Schley Avenue, Lewes, DE 19958

The Lewes Board of Public Works will host a Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Collection event for residents to safely dispose of unwanted or potentially harmful materials.

Accepted Items

Please Note:
All containers must be leak-proof and in their original containers.
Do not mix different products in one container.

🏠 House:
Full aerosol cans, bleach, chemistry kits, nail polish and removers, perfumes, disinfectants, drain cleaners, floor wax, mercury thermometers, mothballs, oven cleaner, spot remover, toilet cleaner, fluorescent light bulbs

🔧 Workshop:
Corrosives, paint, small compressed-gas cylinders, solvents, stains, strippers, thinners, varnish, wood preservatives, fluorescent bulbs

🌿 Garden/Yard:
Fungicides, herbicides, pesticides, pool chemicals

🚗 Automotive:
Antifreeze, auto batteries, degreasers, waste fuels (gasoline, kerosene, used motor oil mixed with fuels)

💻 Electronics:
Computer components and parts, printers, monitors, keyboards, laptops, copying equipment, calculators, microwaves, telephones (cordless, cellular, pay, answering machines), televisions, video cameras, VCRs, DVD players, radios, audio equipment, vacuum cleaners, and electronic toys or game systems

Helpful Tips

  • Bring materials in their original, sealed containers
  • Do not mix products together
  • To prevent leakage or breakage, pack items separately in absorbent material or triple bagged
  • Bring rags for cleaning spills; dispose of them at the collection site

The Lewes BPW reserves the right to decline materials not on the DSWA list or those without proper labeling.

Latex paint is not Hazardous Waste and will NOT be accepted at any Hazardous Waste Collection Event!

Water-based paint is a safer substitute than oil-based paint. Latex paint should be solidified before placing it out with your curbside trash.  

Easy instructions:   

1) Simply, take off the paint lid, place it outside away from children and pets, and allow it to harden. 

2) If the can is too full, using step #1, take a cardboard box, line it with a heavy- duty (outside) trash bag.   

3) Inside the bag, place a clay-based kitty litter, then add paint.

4) If it’s still runny, add more kitty litter or shredded newspaper. Place all the lids in this bag as well.  

5) Once dry, secure the bag with a tie and place it out with your regular trash.   

6) Empty, lidless paint cans should be placed out for the trash in a separate box.