The North Central Ohio Waste Management District (NCOWM) office is now open to receive your household hazardous waste (HHW). The District's office, located on 215 Shawnee Road, Lima, offers household hazardous waste recycling to households only and electronic waste recycling to residents and businesses in Allen and Hardin Counties. By utilizing NCOWM district's services, you are keeping harmful items out of landfill.
What is household hazardous waste?
Paint, pesticides, batteries and paint products, such as thinners, solvents and stains, all contain chemicals that could be detrimental to your health - these (as well as many others) are therefore deemed as household hazardous waste (HHW). According to NCOWM, these items should not go in your normal trash.
What is electronic waste?
Broken or old electronics, such as old printers, stereo speakers, VCRs and cathode ray TVs are common examples of e-waste. According to Dennis Baker, former director of NCOWM, e-waste components contain lead, cadmium, mercury, and brominated flame retardants – compounds known to be hazardous to humans and to the environment. NCOWM district office in Lima accept e-waste.
NCOWM strongly advises you remove HHW from your house. The district charges $1 per pound of HHW, but Joe Martin, project coordinator, stresses that the district is not making any money off this. "We try to take stuff that others won't take," Martin said.
Click here for a complete list of what the NCOWM district accepts. Please note, the NCOWM services Allen, Hardin, Shelby, Champagne, Union and Madison Counties of Ohio.
To dispose of these hazardous materials, call to arrange an appointment to drop off any HHW or e-waste at the district office in Lima at 1-800-553-6763. The district will be open for HHW/e-waste disposal until October.
See attachment below for printable list of materials the NCOWM accepts.
For residents of Hancock County
If you live in Hancock County, your main recycling center is Litter Landing, located at 1720 E. Sandusky St. in Findlay. Litter Landing is operated by the Hancock County Solid Waste Management District.
Litter Landing accepts recycling, such as glass and plastics, as well as hazardous household materials from residents of Hancock County. Litter Landing director Courtney Comstock said they will take the items that you cannot properly dispose of yourself. All of the items accepted will be processed and, if possible, recycled.
Hancock County residents can drop items off every Monday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. until August. (Please note, proof of address may be required.) They also accepts e-waste, but not TVs or computer monitors. There is no fee for this service.
For more information on what they accept, call 419-424-1113.
