Tracy, Iowa 50256
Phone: 641-828-8545
Fax: 641-842-3722
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Hours:
M-F: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
S: 7:30 - Noon
Malcom, Iowa 50157
Phone: 641-528-2801
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Hours:
M-F: 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
S: 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Your SCISWA Quick Tip
Identifying Hazardous Wastes
Hazards in your house
Cleaning products such as oven cleaners, drain cleaners, polishes, tub and tile cleaners, disinfectants and ammonia-based cleaners are some of the hazardous chemicals found in your home.
How do you know if they're hazardous? Look for the words DANGER, WARNING,CAUTION on the label. Danger is the most hazardous; caution is less hazardous.
Other words to look for:
- "Harmful or fatal if swallowed" or "Poison"
- "Keep out of the reach of children"
- "toxic"
- "flammable" or "ignitable"
- "corrosive" or "avoid skin contact"
How should you handle hazardous household cleaners? READ AND FOLLOW ALL LABEL DIRECTIONS! Don't mix chemicals and never discard on the ground or down the drain. (If the product is designed to go down the drain as part of its natural use, it can be flushed down with running water.)
If you can't use up or give away these cleaning products, bring them to a household hazardous waste clean up event.
Hazards in your garage
Look for these items in your garage that require special handling and disposal:
- Gasoline and kerosene
- Carburetor cleaner
- Used motor oil
- Windshield washer fluid
- Antifreeze
- Driveway sealer
- Brake and starter fluid
- Car polish and wax
You should use up or give away what you can, or bring what you don't use to the mobile Household hazardous waste collection event, or directly to the Regional Collection Center (RCC) in Bondurant.
Motor oil and lead acid batteries cannot be brought to the mobile collection events, but may be brought directly to SCISWA or the Poweshiek Transfer Station.
Hazards in your garden
Chemicals used in the garden and yard that are hazardous include:
- Lawn and plant fertilizers
- Weed killers and insecticides
- Gopher, rat and mouse poisons
- Pool chemicals
The best way to dispose of any excess yard and garden chemicals is to use them up according to directions. Do not use banned pesticides.
Small quantities of these chemicals will be accepted at Household Hazardous Waste mobile collection events if they are from your home.
Hazards in your workshop
Your workshop is full of potentially hazardous wastes that require special handling. Some of these items are:
- Paint removers/thinners
- Acids/bases
- Varnishes/shellac
- Contact cement
- Stains
- Petroleum based adhesives
- Oil-based paint
- Epoxy
- Roofing tar
- Caulk, labeled flammable
If you cannot use up or give away these items and they come from your home, you may bring them to a mobile collection event or take them directly to the Regional Collection Center (RCC) in Bondurant.
For more information
For more information regarding home, garden, and garage chemicals, call SCISWA at 641-828-8545 or the RCC at 1-888-603-CREW.
If you are a business or farm that is a Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator (generates less than 220 lbs per month), you can participate in our Small Business Services. Call SCISWA at 641-828-8545 or the RCC at 1-888-603-CREW for details.
