Two HazToGo Waste Collection Events Set for Sept. 26, 27

Two HazToGo Waste Collection Events Set for Sept. 26, 27

Published on September 17, 2025

Lincoln and Lancaster County residents are encouraged to take unwanted chemicals to two no cost, drive-through household hazardous waste collection events in late September.

The schedule is as follows:

• Friday, September 26, 2 to 6 p.m., Bennet Fire Department, 480 Fir St.
• Saturday, September 27, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Star City Shores, 4375 S. 33rd Ct.

HazToGo, Lincoln's Hazardous Waste Center, serves the community as a safe, environmentally responsible and convenient option for household hazardous waste collection. The process for visiting a HazToGo collection event is easy:

• Gather unwanted chemicals and place them in a leak-proof tote
• Load them into your vehicle - trunk, pickup bed or rear cargo area
• Drive through one of the waste collection events, and the hazardous waste team will unload chemicals from your vehicle.

Accepted items include: pesticides, lawn and garden chemicals, household cleaning products, paint thinners, stains, polishes and waxes, turpentine, oil-based paint, pool cleaning chemicals, flea and tick powders, rodent poison, charcoal starter fluids, mixed or old gasoline, antifreeze, brake or power steering fluids, vape products, and items containing mercury such as CFLs and thermometers.

Prohibited items include: latex paint, motor oil, fertilizers, gas grill cylinders, medicines and pharmaceutical waste, electronics, firearms, ammunition, and batteries. For information on recycling these and other materials, visit recycle.lincoln.ne.gov and use the "What Bin Does It Go In?" search tool.

Business waste is not handled at these events. Information about business waste is available at HazToGo.com or by calling 402-441-8002.

HazToGo, 5101 N. 48th St., is open Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the third Saturday each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The household hazardous waste program is part of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department and is partially funded by the Nebraska Department of Water, Environment and Energy. For more information visit HazToGo.com or call 402-441-8021.