Lake County Household About Your Household Hazardous Waste Hazardous Waste Collection Center Collection Center 13130 County Landfill Rd., Whether you're at home or at work, did Tavares, FL 32778 you know that unwanted cleaners, auto- Telephone #: (352) 343-3776 motive fluids and various hazardous chemicals, materials, substances or Note: There is a small fee for some electronics. products that are improperly generated Please call for more information. or discarded can be toxic to the public and pose a threat to the environment? HOURS OF OPERATION These materials can be dangerous and Monday—Friday should be properly managed and stored. 7:30am—5:00pm

Lake County Environmental Utilities pro- Saturday from 7:30 am—5:00pm vides a County-wide service for proper management of hazardous and toxic Astatula materials and waste from County resi- County Landfill dents and qualified small businesses at Road the Lake County Household Hazardous Be An Waste (HHW) Collection Center and for Hwy 448 HOUSEHOLDS ONLY at the five residen- tial drop-off centers. Hwy 561 AT HOME AND AT Various chemicals, automotive fluids, WORK! pesticides, latex and oil-based paint, Hwy 19 Howey fluorescent lamps, batteries and elec- tronic waste from households can be Driving Directions dropped off at the HHW. From Tavares: On US Hwy 441, turn left onto Hwy 19. Turn left on Hwy 561. Follow to County Landfill Road on the Instead of storing hazardous waste at right. your home or business, call the House- From Clermont: On US Hwy 27N, turn right on Hwy 561. Why E-Scrap & Household Follow thru Astatula to County Landfill Road on the left. hold Hazardous Waste Collection Center Hazardous Waste today to find out where to take it. Management Is Call (352) 343-3776 for more information Important or visit www.lakecountyfl.gov Why should you worry about your company’s What can employees do? W h a t d o e s e-scrap? Lake County offer to  Be conscious - ask your company what they do with help manage your E-scrap is unwanted electronic products and old or non-working electronic equipment. equipment including computers, cell phones, e - s c r a p ?  Be proactive - express your interest to recycle and televisions and other consumer electronics. request that old electronics be properly managed. New advances in technology are happening SMALL BUSINESS OR rapidly and, to stay competitive, businesses NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: are constantly upgrad- What can your company do? ing to new equipment WEDNESDAYS ONLY and therefore storing or  Create a written procedure for proper end-of-life The County’s Household discarding their old management of e-scrap. Hazardous Waste Collection Cen- products. It is im- ter will accept e - waste from small  Reuse, donate, or sell old, working electronics to portant for businesses and medium sized businesses. charities or employees. to have procedures in place to ensure that all There are no monthly maximums for your computers or computer end-of-life electronics are properly managed.  Recycle non-working or broken electronics. peripherals. The County reserves Electronic components often contain a variety  Properly dispose of broken electronics. the right to refer your business to a private state certified e - scrap of heavy metals and other substances known  Educate employees on the proper end-of-life man- de- manufacturer. There’s a s m a l l to pose hazards to human and environmental agement of electronics. f e e for electronics and other health when disposed of improperly, especial- b u s i n e s s - generated waste. Please ly many older models of computer and televi- call for more information. This is sion monitors. Monitors containing cathode Closing the Recycling Loop a f r e e service for household res- i d e n t s . ray tubes contain high amounts of lead. Oth- er potentially hazardous materials include The e-scrap received from both residents and LARGE BUSINESS OR cadmium, mercury, antimony and arsenic. businesses is collected and prepared for pick-up by the County’s recycler. Their state-of-the-art recycling INSTITUTIONS: There are also materials that should be recov- equipment shreds and separates electronics into their ered and recycled like glass from the monitor, original material of plastics, steel, aluminum, precious Large quantities of e - scrap cannot precious metals from the motherboard and metals and glass where these materials are made into be handled by the HHW facility. plastics from the cases. other products. Their secure, environ- For a list of e - scrap de - mentally-sound methods eliminate any manufacturers, please visit When your old electronic products are not the Florida Department of worry about retiring unwanted equip- properly managed—disposed appropriately, Environmental Protection’s ment generated in Lake County. reused or recycled—their hazardous proper- website at: ties may leach and contaminate the soil and http://www.dep.state.fl.us/ waste/categories/ groundwater.

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