Household Hazardous Waste
The River COG participates in regional recycling coordination and waste management, offering multiple household hazardous waste collections from April to October each year. Click here to view the printable HHW & Shredding Events Brochure 2025
Household hazardous waste collection sites are located in Clinton, East Hampton, Old Lyme, Cromwell, Deep River, Higganum, and Middletown. Residents of 16 RiverCOG region towns may come to any collection (Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Lyme, Middlefield, Middletown, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook).
MAJOR CHANGE AS OF 2022.
We have closed our permanent facility in Essex. Instead of using that facility we will hold collections throughout the RiverCOG region. All dates and locations are open to all residents of the 16 participating towns (Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Lyme, Middlefield, Middletown, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland & Westbrook).
Houshold Hazardous Waste Collection
2025 Schedule
All Collections 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
April 19, 2025 in Clinton: Clinton Public Works Garage, 117 Nod Rd., Clinton, CT
May 17, 2025 in East Hampton: East Hampton Water Pollution Control Authority, 20 Gildersleeve Dr., East Hampton, CT (just off Route 66)
June 7, 2025 in Old Lyme: Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School, 49 Lyme St., Old Lyme, CT
July 19, 2025 in Cromwell: Woodside Intermediate School, 30 Woodside Rd., Cromwell, CT
August 9, 2025 in Deep River: Deep River Town Garage, 206 Winthrop Rd. (Rt. 80), Deep River, CT
September 13, 2025 in Middletown: Middlesex Community College, 100 Training Hill Rd., Middletown, CT
October 11, 2025 in Haddam: Haddam Elementary School, 272 Saybrook Rd., Higganum
Paper Shredding
2025 Schedule
All Collections 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
April 5, 2025 in East Hampton: East Hampton Water Pollution Control Authority, 20 Gildersleeve Dr., East Hampton, CT (just off Route 66)
May 3, 2025 in Westbrook: Westbrook Town Hall, 866 Boston Post Road, Westbrook
Sept 6, 2025 in Middlefield: Middlefield Community Center, 405 Main Street, Middlefield
Oct 4, 2025 in Chester: Chester Fair Grounds, 11 Kirtland Terrace, Chester
Guidelines for paper shredding:
- Please limit to 5 bags or boxes approx. 9”h x 18”w x 12”d (about the size of a paper box).
- Paper shredding is for residents’ personal papers with sensitive information and is not for local businesses.
- No junk mail, magazines, books, cards, metal-ring binders, etc. will be accepted.
**WARNING**
Potential Hazard When Recycling Lithium Ion Batteries
For information regarding RiverCOG’s waste management activities, contact Janice Ehlemeyer at (860) 581-8554 x704 or email her at [email protected].
The State of Connecticut now offers disposal programs for some specific products.
- The Paintcare program. You don’t have to wait for an HHW event to responsibly dispose of your paint – click here for more information and disposal locations.
- There is an electronic recycling program at participating transfer stations and/or electronic recycling events.
- The State now has a mattress disposal program at participating transfer stations. You can find more information at www.byebyemattress.com.
- There is also a Statewide recycling program. For information about that program go to www.recyclect.com and learn “What’s in What’s Out and checkout the ‘Recycling Wizard’.