If you've got old tires, paint, pesticides, or other things you're not sure how to safely dispose of, take them to Killeen this Saturday for free disposal.

Anyone who lives in Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Milam, Mills, and San Saba Counties is invited to the City of Killeen and Central Texas Council of Governments' Home Chemical Collection Saturday, February 3 from 9 AM to 2PM. The event will take place at the Killeen Special Events Center, 3301 South W.S. Young Drive.

Ammunition, explosives, medical waste, radioactive materials, compressed gas cylinders, and commercial tires are prohibited and WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Car and light truck tires will be accepted, along with petroleum products, corrosives, fertilizers, cleaners, pesticides, paint, automotive liquids and fluorescent lamps.

Below are lists of specific items that will be accepted at Saturday's event.

FLAMMABLES / COMBUSTIBLES

Acetone
Adhesives
Air Fresheners
Alcohols
Asphalt Driveway Topping
Auto Body Filler
Lighter Fluid
Benzene
Brake Fluid
Carbon Tetrachloride
Carburetor Cleaner
DAP
Degreasing Solvent
Duplicator Fluid
Epoxy Paint
Ethanol
Ethylene Glycol
Fiberglass Resins
Floor/Furniture Polish/Wax
Formaldehyde
Formalin
Glazing Compound
Glues
Grease
Liquid Sandpaper
Marine Finishes
Metal Polish
Moth Balls/Crystals
Naphtha
Neatsfoot Oil
Paint Pigments
Paint Strippers
Paraffin Oil
Perchlorethylene
Perfume
Petroleum Distillates
Petroleum Solvents
Pipe Joint Compound
Plastic Model Cement
Plumber's Putty
Polyurethane Cement
Pruning Paint
Roofing Cement
Rug Cleaners
Sealers
Shellac
Spackle
Spot Remover
Tints
Tire Black
Toluene / Toluol
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Varnishes
Varathanes
Wallpaper Adhesive
WD-40
Wood/Tile Putty
Xylene
Xylol

CORROSIVES

-Acids

Acetic Acid
Battery Acid
Chloroacetic Acid
Chromic Acid
Cresylic Acid
Hydrochloric Acid
Muriatic Acid
Nitric Acid
Oxalic Acid
Phosphoric Acid
Sulfuric Acid
Dip It - Silver Cleaner
Disinfectants
Drain Cleaners
Ferric Chloride
Hydrogen Chloride
Metal Cleaners
Naval Jelly
Sheep Dip
Sodium Bisulfate/Sodium Bisulfite
Toilet Bowl Cleaners
Zinc Chloride

-Bases (Caustics or Alkalines)

Ammonia /Ammonia Cleaners
Battery Terminal Cleaner
Cess Pool Cleaners
Drain Cleaners
Driveway Cleaner
Floor Wax Stripper
Lye
Metal Cleaners
Pool pH Increasers
Oven Cleaners
Septic Tank Cleaner
Soda Ash
Sodium Hydroxide
Sodium Metasilicate
Trisodium Phosphate (TSP)

OXIDIZERS

Ammonium Nitrate
Bleach
Calcium Hypochlorite
Chimney Cleaner
Chlorates
Dip It (Coffee pot Cleaner)
Hair Coloring
Hydrogen Peroxide
Iodine
Lithium Hypochlorite
Potassium Permanganate
Sodium Borate
Sodium Chlorate
Sodium Hypochlorite
Sodium Nitrate
Stump Killer

POISONS

Ammonium Chloride
Ant & Roach Killer
Arsenic
Bacterial Pipe Cleaner
Baygon
Bordeaux mix
Boric Acid
Acodylic Acid
Cadmium Compounds
Carbamate Insecticides
Chlordane
Chromium Compounds
Copper Oil
Copper sulfate
DDT
Diazinon
Disinfectants
Dog Repellent
Dursban
Flea Powder
Fungicides
Gopher Killer
Hydroquinone
Isocyanuric Acid (dry)
Laundry Bluing
Lead Arsenate
Lead Compounds
Lindane
Litharge
Malithion
Methoxychlor
Mole Killer
Pharmaceuticals
Phosphorothioate Insecticides
Pyrethins
Roach Killer
Rochelle Salts
Rock Salt (Sodium Chloride)
Rose Dust
Sevin Dust
Sodium Chloride
Sodium Fluoride
Strychnine
Sulfur
Snail/Slug Killer
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid

MISC.

Latex Paint
Motor Oil, Differential Oil
Transmission Fluid
Antifreeze
Lead Acid Batteries

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