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ToxDrop Household Hazardous Waste
Marion County residents are encouraged to visit a ToxDrop site to drop-off unwanted household hazardous waste (HHW) – or products used in the home that contain volatile chemicals that are ignitable, corrosive or toxic – free of charge.
Click here for a list of items accepted at a ToxDrop site. To help identify HHW in your home, look for words such as danger, warning, caution, poisonous and flammable on the label and be sure these items are safely stored. If a friend or neighbor can't use the product, bring it to a ToxDrop site year-round to ensure its proper disposal. Do NOT put HHW out with your regular trash or dump down kitchen sinks, in toilets or storm drains.
Please note that ToxDrop does NOT accept sharps, prescription medication, ammunition/explosives and radioactive materials. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has information on proper sharps disposal. The U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy has advice on proper disposal of prescription drugs.
While some materials brought to a ToxDrop site may be recycled, safe disposal methods require most materials to be incinerated or landfilled. All collected waste is disposed of using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved methods.
If you are not a Marion County resdient, please click here to learn more about your county's solid waste management district and HHW program.
ToxDrop Locations and Hours of Operation
1. Materials may be dropped off on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9 and 11 a.m. at our Belmont Avenue Collection Facility at 2700 S. Belmont Ave. map
2. Materials may be dropped off between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the first and third Saturday of each month at the Trader's Point collection Facility at 7550 N. Lafayette Rd. map
3. Materials may be dropped off between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the first and third Saturday of each month at the IMPD Training Facility (located near Superior Court 13) at 9049 E. 10th St. map
4. Materials may be dropped off between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturday of each month at the Perry Township Government Center at 4925 S. Shelby St. map
The ToxDrop sites are closed on any fifth Saturday and some holidays. The act of improperly disposing of HHW and electronic (eScrap) items, including leaving them at the ToxDrop sites outside of the noted hours of operation, is considered illegal dumping.
Special Events
Throughout the year, ToxDrop sponsors or partners with community organizations to host ToxAway and/or eScrap events as the budget allows. The largest event is held in conjunction with the Earth Day Indiana festival in April.
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