Items accepted at these facilities include but are not limited to:

• hazardous waste
• toxic waste
• paints
• pesticides
• automotive products
• pool chemicals
• automotive batteries
• fertilizers
• fire extinguishers
• fluorescent lamps (and compact fluorescent lamps)
• gasoline
• cleaners
• lawn and garden chemicals
• paint thinner
• solvents
• rechargeable batteries
• cell phones
• electronics
• sharps (needles, lancets)
• used motor oil
• used or expired pharmaceuticals and medications 

The ReUzIt Shop handles products that are dropped off at the county's chemical collection centers. Useable products are offered to residents and businesses free of charge. Recycled paint, depending upon availability, is available for a nominal fee.

NOTE:  As of March 28, 2008, all available recycled paint has been distributed and is not currently available.

Ammunition, Fireworks and Flare Disposal
Flares, fireworks, ammunition, guns and bullets should be taken to your local law enforcement agency for disposal. Call your local law enforcement agency for details.

City of North Port at 941-426-3111
City of Venice at 941-486-2444
City of Sarasota at 941-954-7025
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office at 941-951-8000 or 941-316-1201
Town of Longboat Key 941-316-1977

Home Electronics Disposal
If electronic equipment (see list below) has been generated through your own personal use, it may be taken to one of Sarasota County's three Household Chemical Collection drop-off centers for disposal.

• televisions
• computer systems
• monitors
• printers
• scanners/fax machines
• power supplier

Other electronic equipment can still be placed in the garbage for disposal (see list below).

• vacuum cleaners
• stereos
• speakers
• telephones (remove the battery first)

All Sarasota County residents may bring the electronics listed above to Sarasota County's Household Chemical Collection Centers when the centers are open.  Please refer to the Collection Sites page for a list of locations and hours.

Waste Management offers curbside pick-up of electronics to residential customers.

• Residents must call Waste Management, Inc. (WMI) at 941-493-4100 to request this service.
• If the service is not specifically requested, WMI will place a sticker on any electronic equipment left curbside, indicating that the resident must call WMI and request a special pick-up.
• WMI will pick up only electronics that can be brought to a Sarasota County collection center.
• NOTE: Copiers are excluded from curbside collection. The Bee Ridge Chemical Collection Center and Central County Citizens Convenience Center are the only locations accepting copiers. There is a fee for copier disposal.

Household Battery Disposal
Recycling buckets have been placed at local retail and community sites throughout the county to collect certain types of batteries that contain toxic metals. Batteries may also be dropped off at any chemical collection center.

• Alkaline batteries can be placed in the garbage for disposal.

Batteries not allowed in garbage include:

• button batteries for watches and hearing aids
• nickel-cadmium and lithium-ion batteries found in cordless phones
• rechargeable batteries like those found in cordless drills lead power wheels used in laptops

These are the batteries usually found in: toys, flashlights, clocks and radios.