The City of Houston is working to make the management of household hazardous wastes easier. Through a grant from the Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, the City of Houston provides ongoing collection of household hazardous wastes at the City of Houston Environmental Service Center. The environmental Service Center is located at 11500 South Post Oak.
The ESC provides a drive through, drop-off location for Houston residents to bring their Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) such as anti-freeze, batteries, fuel, oil, paint, pesticides and other household cleaners. Residential electronic scrap items (monitors, CPUs, televisions, VCRs, etc) will also be accepted.
Household hazardous waste or residential electronic scrap items should not be placed on the curb with or in your container for collection with garbage or heavy trash pickup.
The Center is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and the second Saturday of each month from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.. The ESC can accept most household hazardous wastes. However, there are some materials the ESC cannot accept. These include:
