Household Hazardous (HHW) Unwanted Mobile Collections Prescription Medications Public Education Household or “HHW” are Don’t wait for a mobile collection; unwanted pre - Education is an essential part of our mission of unwanted products that contain corrosive, toxic, scription medications can be taken to any of these waste reduction in the county. The District strives to ignitable or reactive ingredients that require law enforcement agencies any time for proper dis - educate ALL residents of Porter County. special care upon disposal. The District spon - posal. No sharps (needles), nasal sprays or liquids. Adults and Civic Groups sors HHW collections around the county each • The Master Recycler Program offers adults a Valparaiso Police Dept., 355 S. Washington St. year to help residents safely discard products • comprehensive, multi-week waste reduction containing hazardous substances. • Portage Police Dept., 2693 Irving St. education and certification. Accepted Items: • Hebron Police Dept., 106 East Sigler St. • Presentations can be made for any interested • Drop-Off Locations • Aerosols • Kerosene • Porter Police Dept., 50 Francis St. organizations and civic groups, based on • Organic Waste Sites • Alcohol-based • Lighter fluid • Chesterton Police Dept., 790 Broadway speaker availability. lotions • Medications • Porter County Sheriff’s Dept., 2755 S. Ind. 49 • The District also offers an e-mailed newsletter • Electronics Drop-Off Locations • Ammunition • Metal polish that gives residents great information on the • Antifreeze • Moth balls environment and helps residents keep up to • Battery Drop-Off Locations Auto body filler Nail polish and • • date on waste reduction events • Bathrom cleaners remover • Public Education • Corrosives • Oil Porter County Schools, grades K-12 • sehold Hazardous Waste • Diesel • Oven cleaners FREE interactive presentations that meet Indiana Hou • Disinfectants • Photographic state science and social studies standards are avail - Collection Events • Drain cleaners chemicals able to all teachers and classrooms in Porter County. • Dry cleaning • Poisons Topics include: “The Three R’s,” “Wonderful solvents • Pesticides Worms,” “Garbology,” and more! • Flammable liquids • Primer • Floor care • Swimming pool products chemicals • Gasoline • Toliet bowl • Herbicides cleaners • Insecticides • Sharps (needles) • Mercury containing products (fluorescent The Recycling & Waste tube lights, CFLs, thermometers, Reduction District of thermostats, etc.) Porter County is an • Paint (latex and oil-based) agency dedicated to im - • Thinners and solvents proving the environment • Batteries (household and automotive) and quality of life by pro - viding services and educa - 219-465-3694 Items NOT accepted: tional programs which [email protected] • Asbestos help residents reduce, • Controlled substances , and recycle. www.PorterCountyRecycling.org • Grill propane cylinders • Commercial hazardous waste 219-465-3694 • Containers larger than five gallons [email protected] Administrative Office • Radioactive materials (smoke detectors!) www.PorterCountyRecycling.org 155 Indiana Ave., Ste. 314, Valparaiso Drop-Off Recycling Sites Public Access Compost Sites Household Batteries

District drop-off recycling sites provide you with containers for glass, plastic, metal cans, paper • Valparaiso: 2150 W. Lincolnway Though batteries generally make up only a tiny products and cardboard. These boxes are for residents’ use only. Find the location nearest you: • Boone Grove: 546 S. 400 West portion of our waste, they account for a dispro - portionate amount of the toxic heavy materials Boone Grove, 319 W. 550 South Kouts, 406 S. Kouts St. • • At these locations, Porter in our waste. When batteries are incinerated or Burns Harbor, 1240 Boo Rd. Portage, 5962 Central Ave. (near Boys and Girls • • County residents can: disposed of in landfills, these toxins can poten - Chesterton, 1600 Pioneer Trail (Strack & VanTil) Club) • • Deposit organic yard tially be released into the environment. • Hebron, 125 N. Main St. • Valparaiso, 2196 W. U.S. 30 (Strack & VanTil) waste (leaves, garden clippings, houseplants, The District sponsors more than 40 locations Materials brush, limbs, logs, etc.) throughout Porter County where residents can The District drop-off recycling and most curbside recycling programs in Porter County share drop off household batteries for recycling. some basic, easy to follow guidelines: • Take as much com - post, wood chips and Visit Paper and other fibers firewood as they can www.PorterCountyRecycling.org • Accepted: Newspapers, magazines, junk mail, haul themselves. to locate a convenient site near you. greeting cards, file folders, envelopes, white/colored copy/computer paper, wrap - General site information ping paper, glossy paper, file folders, tele - • Open April through the first weekend in phone books, paper bags, cereal boxes, cake December. Visit our website for hours. mix boxes, paperback books and cardboard. • Grass accepted at the Boone Grove site only. Please break down boxes. Staples are accept - • No treated wood or lumber of any kind able. accepted. • Not accepted: Self-stick labels, gum/candy Plastic containers marked #1-7 wrappers, tissue paper, waxed paper, paper (excluding #6) Items also accepted for recycling: cups, paper towels, shredded paper, used • Accepted: Pop/beverage bottles, cooking oil • Electronics paper plates or pizza boxes or fiber soiled by bottles, peanut butter jars (lids included), • Household batteries food waste. milk/juice jugs, margarine/butter tubs, yogurt • Compact or tube fluorescent light bulbs cups, ketchup bottles, household cleaners and • Old media (DVDs, video games, CDs) Glass bottles and jars coffee creamers. Lids should be secure on the • Electronics, anything run by batteries or electric Additional Services • Accepted: Clear and colored glass containers. containers and labels can be left on. Rinsing • Printer/toner cartridges Containers should be empty and labels can be containers is NOT necessary. • Latex Paint Recycling left on. • Not accepted: Styrofoam, packing peanuts, Electronics, Old Media, Toner • Adopt-A-County-Road Program • Not accepted: Flat glass, window panes, mir - carry-out containers, CD/DVD cases, plastic Drop-Off Sites rors, light bulbs, flatware, ceramics or Pyrex. silverware, film plastics (plastic bags, saran • Special Event Recycling Container Loan wrap, shrink wrap, bubble wrap) and Solo • Compost sites: Valparaiso and Boone Grove Aluminum and metal cans cups. sites, addresses listed above. Program • Accepted: Pop cans, soup cans, coffee cans, • Portage Street Department: 2302 Hamstrom • etc. Cans should be empty. Leave labels on. Cartons Rd. Call for hours, 762-4564. • Not accepted: Aerosol cans and aluminum • Accepted: Milk, juice, soup, broth and other • Porter Street Department: 550 Beam St. Call for foil. beverage cartons. hours, 926-4212. This is a DROP OFF program. Anyone dropping off electronics for recycling is responsible for taking The types of accepted materials can change at any time depending on the markets. their items from the vehicle and placing the items in Questions on the types of accepted materials can be directed to the District. designated bins. No media with film accepted, e.g., video/cassette tapes.