Buisness Hazardous Waste

Household Waste Guide

Select a topic: Antifreeze Appliances Asbestos Aseptic Packaging Autos / Automotive Products Baby Equipment Batteries Boat Shrink Wrap Books Building Supplies Business Waste Car Seats: Infant & Child CDs, Tapes & Other Media Ceiling Tiles Cellular Phones Christmas Trees Christmas/Holiday Lights Cleaning Products Clothing & Textiles Computers, TVs & Electronics Cooking Oil Concrete & Asphalt Cork Crayons Drywall Envelopes (Tyvek Brand) Explosives, Ammunition &    Fireworks Eye Glasses Fire Extinguishers Fishing Line Recycling Fluorescent Light Bulbs Fuel Tanks Furniture Greeting Cards Hangers (Metal) Hearing Aids Helium Tanks Household Hazardous Waste Ink & Toner Cartridges Junk Mail Reduction Landfill & Transfer Station Latex Paint Medical Equipment Medical Waste & Pharmaceuticals Mercury Metals Motor Oil Moving Boxes Overhead Projector    Transparency Sheets Pantyhose Paper Shredding Personal Care Products Phone Books Pop Can Tabs Pots and Pans Propane Tanks Recycling Saw Dust School Supplies Siding - Vinyl & Aluminum Six-Pack Plastic Rings Shingles Smoke Detectors Sporting Goods & Equipment Styrofoam & Packaging Material Tennis Balls Tennis Shoes Tires Toner Cartridges Toothbrush Recycling Water Filters Wood X-ray Film Yoga Mats Yard Waste

Business Waste

Businesses, farms and schools are regulated differently than homeowners when disposing of waste and therefore must utilize licensed contractors.

RECYCLING SERVICES:

Contact your waste hauler or look in the Yellow Pages under ‘rubbish & garbage removal’ for companies who may pick up your recyclable wastes.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Recycled Materials Market Directory lists companies who provide recycling services for various materials around the state.

Download the EPA Business Guide to Reducing Solid Waste

The following companies offer recycling of common buisness wastes.

Recycling Concepts, (616) 942-8888
Accepts post-industrial plastics and other materials for recycling.

Bata Plastics, (616) 452-5300
Accepts post-industrial plastics for recycling.

ELECTRONICS RECYCLING:

Comprenew, 629 Ionia Avenue, Grand Rapids, (616) 451-4400
Businesses must call first for availability and instructions.

Valley City Environmental, 1040 Market Avenue SW, Grand Rapids, (616) 235-1500

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HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL:

Look in the Yellow Pages under ‘environmental & ecological services’ or ‘hazardous waste’.

Managing Your Hazardous Waste - A Guide for Small Buisnesses (PDF)

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, 1-800-662-9278
Grand Rapids District Office, (616) 356-0500

Michigan Clean Sweep
Scott Schroeder, Ottawa County Clean Sweep, (616) 393-5645
Elizabeth Robins, Ionia County Clean Sweep, (616) 527-8219
Free service for farms only; accepts banned, unused and unusable pesticides, fertilizers & mercury from farms.

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Fluorescent Light Bulb Disposal

Local Companies that handle Fluorescent Light Bulbs:

Valley City Environmental Services, (616) 235-1500

Are you a company that works with small and large companies in Kent County to responsibly dispose of fluorescent light bulbs? Contact us to get your name on this list!