Hazardous Waste
Orange County, Florida Facilities
Orange County Landfill
5901 Young Pine Rd
407-836-6600
Porter Transfer Station
Corner of Good Homes Roads and White Road
407-296-5198
McLeod Transfer Station
5000 LB McLeod Rd
407-245-0931
Household Hazardous Waste Community Collection
- FREE
- When: Sporadic
- Time: tba
- Where: tba
Products may be considered hazardous if the label includes the words: Pesticides, Caustic, Acid, Poison, Danger, Warning, or Flammable.
Please do NOT bring the following items: Gas cylinders, biologically active materials, radioactive materials, explosives or ammunitions.
If you would like to dispose of any household hazardous waste before the community collection day, you can drop it off at the Orange County Landfill (Mon - Sat, 8am to 5pm) or at the Orange County McLeod Transfer Station (Wed & Sat, 8am to 5pm).
Freon Containing Devices
Title VI of the Clean Air Act prohibits the release of freon into the atmosphere and requires the safe disposal of freon containing devices. Orange County has complied with that requirement through the implementation of a successful freon recover program at the Orange County Solid Waste division.
Air conditioners, freezers, dehumidifiers and refrigerators are examples of items considered to be freon containing devices. Freon containing devices are not included in the curbside collection program unless a licensed professional has checked the item and certified all freon has been removed.
If residents don't wish to have a licensed professional remove the freon from their item, another option is to deliver the unit themselves to the closest solid waste facility where our contractor will properly remove the freon. Citizens may bring freon containing devices to the Orange County Landfill or the McLeod transfer Station McleodTransferStation for proper handling and disposal. A minimum disposal charge of $5.25 will apply.
Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Fluorescent light bulbs and tubes contain mercury, so they have to be disposed of correctly. Often, the county waste management people have a way to handle this kind of thing, like turpentine and paint. Some counties charge money to take it away. Some have a drop off location on certain days (free). Some have a certain day a month that they accept hazardous waste at curbside (free).
Check with the county waste disposal.
- Trees fertilized with Seattle sludge are reported to grow twice as fast as normal.
- Seattle-King County uses a roving "wastemobile" to pick up hazardous products.
- By 1915, 89% of all major US cities had municipal garbage collection service.
- There are only 23 permanent household hazardous waste collection sites in the US.
- Only 5% of US residents take their hazardous products to designated collection sites.
- The landfill gas produced daily at Fresh Kills Landfill is enough fuel to heat 50,000 homes.
