Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Event

The Acadia Disposal District announces the 2023 Mount Desert Island (MDI) Regional Collection of HHW when residents from sponsoring communities will be able to dispose of a limited amount of household hazardous materials at no cost.
The event will be held at the MDI High School Rear Parking Lot, 1081 Eagle Lake Road, in Bar Harbor on Saturday, September 23, 2023, from 10:00 AM -- 2:00 PM, and will serve the following sponsoring towns: Bar Harbor, Cranberry Isles, Frenchboro, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, Trenton, Lamoine, Swans Island and Mt. Desert.

Bar Harbor residents will be required to pre-register and receive a registration form from the Highway Division at 50 Public Works Way (off Crooked Road in Hulls Cove). The registration form must be presented with the items at the collection site. Examples of materials that will be accepted include household cleaners, oil-based paint (NO latex), gasoline, pesticides, herbicides, and photo chemicals.

No universal waste or computer monitors or TVs or vehicle waste oil (without other fluids within) will be accepted from Bar Harbor residents free of charge at this event. (These items may be taken at no cost to the Bar Harbor Recycling Center on White Spruce Road during all hours of operation.) Examples of universal waste include televisions, computers, fluorescent light bulbs, rechargeable batteries and mercury thermometers.

For more information, please contact the Bar Harbor Highway Division at 288-4681, or Acadia Disposal District Chairman Tony Smith at 276-5743.