Kootenai County Prairie Transfer Station - Household Hazardous Waste

Kootenai County provides free hazardous waste collection for residents of Kootenai County. The Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) facility located at the Prairie Transfer Station has collection days of Friday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Do not leave your materials outside the gates. No hazardous waste can be collected at any other time besides designated collection dates and times.

NO COMMERCIAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ARE ACCEPTED.

When the HHW facility is open, bring in your products in their original containers if possible. Do not mix separate products together. There is a 10-gallon limit per household per collection day. Please securely pack the containers in your vehicle so they do not spill during transport. A HHW attendant will assist in unloading hazardous containers from your vehicle.

Prairie Transfer Station HHW facility also operates a free exchange program for residents of Kootenai County over the age of 18. Attendants sort through the material collected and offer up usable material on a specified cart near the receiving section. Each person may take up to 5 free products per day after a waiver has been signed. The exchange program operates the same hours as HHW collection.

All Kootenai County Solid Waste facilities are closed on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.

Anything with a label that uses any of the following: Caution, flammable, Poison, Dangerous, etc. should be considered household hazardous materials and brought in on the appropriate collection days.

Common examples of Household Hazardous Waste at Prairie Transfer Station:

• Home: paint, thinners, solvents, cleaning supplies, and stains.
• Lawn/Garden: pesticides, herbicides, rodent poison, garden dusts, tree sprays.
• Auto: gasoline, diesel, antifreeze, contaminated oil and carburetor cleaners.
• Small Arms Ammunition and Fireworks.
• CFLs (compact fluorescent lightbulbs) and fluorescent tubes less than 1 foot long.
• Needles and Sharps: used needles must be contained within thick-walled and capped plastic jugs with a clearly marked “Used Sharps” label. The containers can be deposited in the bright red bins labeled “Sharps” within the recycling area.