Up to 400 Georgetown solid waste customers who receive services through Texas Disposal Systems can participate in the event, according to a press release. Customers must contact customer care at 512-930-3640 or [email protected] to have their name placed on a list. Customers are asked to include their name, address and utility account number when emailing customer care.
During the event, residents must stay in their vehicle during the no-contact collection. City staff will unload items from the back seat or trunk of the vehicle.
All items to be dropped off must be in their marked original containers. Commercial disposal and trailers are not allowed.
Acceptable items include:
- Batteries (household, hearing aids, cell phone, etc.)
- Automobile batteries
- Pool and spa chemicals
- Used oil/oil filters (up to five gallons per vehicle)
- Transmission fluid
- Light bulbs (including regular, compact, and four-foot fluorescent)
- Grease
- Thermometers
- Over-the-counter, residential lawn and garden chemicals
- Aerosols
- Household cleaners and disinfectants marked caution, warning, or poison
- Art and hobby chemicals
- Paint (up to 10 gallons per vehicle)
- Over-the-counter one-pound disposal propane bottles
- Gasoline (up to 5 gallons per vehicle)
- Unmarked containers or unknown chemicals
- Construction, commercial, or landscape waste
- Professional, concentrated chemicals that require a professional license to mix
- Medications or pharmaceuticals
- Oxygen tanks
- Electronics
- Tires
- Explosives (including ammunition and fireworks)
- Radioactive materials
- Biological materials
