March 28th, 2025
Monroe County Executive Adam Bello today announced the return of the Department of Environment Services’ annual Mobile Household Hazardous Waste and Pharmaceutical Collections program.
“Both the health of our environment and the health of our families can be jeopardized by the improper disposal of household hazardous waste,” said County Executive Adam Bello. “That’s why we’re making it easier than ever to dispose of hazardous items by bringing our collection initiative to our neighborhoods. Just bring your household hazardous waste and pharmaceuticals to one of our collection events and our Department of Environmental Services will handle the rest.”
At these collections, held in partnership with local municipalities, residents can properly dispose of up to 30 gallons of chemicals such as paint, automotive fluids, fertilizers, household cleaners and pool chemicals at no charge.
Appointments are required for all household hazardous waste collections, and may be made by visiting the Monroe County/WM Ecopark website at www.monroecounty.gov/ecocpark. Any resident of Monroe County is welcome to schedule an appointment to dispose of household hazardous waste at any location.
The appointments available for municipal household hazardous waste collection is from 7:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the following dates and locations:
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April 26, Town of Gates DPW, 475 Trabold Road
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May 17, Town of Perinton DPW, 100 Cobbs Lane
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June 7, Town of Ogden DPW, 2432 S. Union St.
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September 20, Town of Webster DPW, 1005 Picture Parkway
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October 4, Town of Greece DPW, 647 Long Pond Rd.
In addition, Monroe County is providing four mobile pharmaceutical collection events, three of which will be in partnership with Wegmans Food Markets. Appointments are not required:
- April 12, Churchville Park, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
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May 3, Wegmans, 3701 Mt. Read Blvd., Greece, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
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July 19, Wegmans, 745 Calkins Rd., Henrietta, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
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September 10, Wegmans, 1955 Empire Blvd, Webster, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
These are in addition to the standing schedule for residents to drop off household hazardous waste every Wednesday from 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. and Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Monroe County/WM Ecopark at 10 Avion Drive, Rochester, New York, 14624. For more information on what constitutes household hazardous waste, visit www.monroecounty.gov/ecopark.
