Household Hazardous Waste

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Many household products you use to clean your kitchen and bathroom, maintain your car and home, and control animals and insects contain hazardous materials. If a container has the words caution, warning, danger or poison on the label and still has product inside, it is considered hazardous and does not belong in the trash. Bring these items to Ramsey County's free household hazardous waste collection sites for safe disposal.

All empty containers, except propane tanks, may be placed in the trash.

All propane tanks (full or empty) can be brought to Ramsey County's free household hazardous waste collection sites for safe disposal.

Gas cans and other fuel containers will not be returned at mobile collection sites. Pick them up later at our year-round collection site in Saint Paul or use that site directly when dropping of gasoline.

Notice: The 24/7 used oil shed is temporarily closed for maintenance.

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Collection Sites Days & Hours
Year-round site
Bay West
5 Empire Dr, Saint Paul

April - November
Tuesday - Friday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

December - March
Friday and Saturday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

May mobile site
Arden Hills
1352 Ben Franklin Rd, Arden Hills

Starts May 5
Friday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Pop-up site
Otter Lake Elementary School
1401 County Road H2, White Bear Township 

Saturday, May 13
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

2023 mobile sites
June - Roseville
July - Arden Hills
August - Summit Hill (Saint Paul)
September - Saint Paul, across from Fairgrounds
October - Maplewood

Fridays and Saturdays
Closed: New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

How to use collection sites

Items accepted

24/7 used oil and filter collection

Product Reuse Center

Free lead fishing tackle exchange

Other collection sites