St. Charles Parish Government, along with St. John the Baptist Parish and numerous industry partners, will host a Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2025. St. James Parish, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry are also supporting the event.
The St. Charles Parish collection site will be at the Edward A. Dufresne Community Center, located at 274 Judge Dufresne Parkway, Luling. Event staff will be checking IDs to confirm residency before accepting materials.
St. Charles Parish is thankful to our community partners for helping organize a safe and convenient way for residents to responsibly dispose of their household hazardous waste. This event helps keep excess chemicals out of our homes, waterways, and landfills, so every item collected makes our community cleaner and safer for all.
The following household hazardous materials will be accepted and properly disposed of or recycled:
- oil-based paint
- solvents
- tires (limit five per vehicle and one delivery only)
- automotive and other rechargeable batteries
- household cleaning products
- acids/bases
- used oil
- antifreeze
- aerosol cans
- fluorescent lamps
- pesticides and herbicides
- scrap metal
- major appliances
- used electronics, such as used computers, copiers, printers, radios, TVs and other electronic devices.
The following items cannot be accepted:
- explosives or ammunition (Contact the Sheriff’s Office for disposal information)
- infectious medical wastes
- unidentifiable materials
- compressed gas cylinders, including propane tanks
- radioactive wastes, including smoke alarms
- asbestos
- latex paint
- lab wastes or commercial facility waste, including in-home business waste
Latex paint will not be accepted. Residents can allow cans of paint to dry completely and dispose of them with their regular household trash.
With support from Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, this event is sponsored by the following 20 local companies with the two Parish governments as a community service: Air Products (multiple locations in three parishes), Arkema, Bayer, Bunge, Cornerstone Chemical Company, Denka Performance Elastomer, Diamond Green Diesel, Dow, DuPont, Galata Chemical Corp., Koch Fertilizer, Marathon Petroleum Company, Nalco Water – an Ecolab Company, Nucor, OxyChem, Pinnacle Polymers, Shell – Norco, and Valero – St. Charles. In addition to these sponsor companies, River Region Environmental Association is serving as the fiscal agent for this annual event.
If you have any questions or would like additional information, please email the Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day hotline at hotline@hhmcd.com.
Household Hazardous Waste 2025
