Household Hazardous Waste Collection

What is Hazardous?

The Chester County Solid Waste Authority, or CCSWA, manages the collection of hazardous wastes. 

Pesticides, solvents, fluorescent tubes, oil based paint, and similar items are considered to be hazardous waste and should not be placed in the trash.  They must be taken to a collection event. Click Here if you would like to see a list of the accepted and non accepted items.  

Collection Events

Collection Events are held throughout the year.   The events closest to Franklin Township are in Coatesville, Oxford, and West Chester.  Franklin Township pays a fee each year so that our residents can access these collections.

  • Click Here for the most recent list of events.

Alternatively residents may also go to any of the PA southeast region events in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery or Philadelphia Counties..  

Handling Waste

For more information about the labeling and handling of hazardous waste,  Click here.

Residents can also call the County Recycling office at (610) 273-3771 ext. *228, or submit an inquiry online to  Chester County Solid Waste Authority.

Latex Paint Is Not Hazardous Waste! 

Residents should not bring latex paint to Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events. Solidify latex paint by either air-drying small quantities or pouring the paint into a plastic trash bag with sawdust, clay-based kitty litter or rags and placing the bag and the opened can in the trash. Oil-based paint should be brought to a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event.

J. Nystrom – revised 1/13/2023