The City of Houston is working to make the management of household hazardous waste easier. Through a grant from the Houston-Galveston Area Council and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the City of Houston provides a new permanent facility for the collection of household hazardous waste at the City of Houston Environmental Service Center (ESC), 11500 South Post Oak, Houston, TX 77035.
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.
The Solid Waste Management Department will only accept up to 5 (five) electronic components per month per customer for electronic scrap at the Environmental Service Center.
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:
