The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has announced its SAFE (Solvents, Automotive, Flammables, and Electronics) Disposal fall 2024 events schedule. The events provide city residents an easy way to safely dispose of potentially harmful household and chemical products.

Household products such as pesticides, strong cleaners, mercury-containing devices, paints, automotive fluids, and medications may be brought to the various drop-off events for safe disposal. Residents can also bring electronics, which may no longer be collected with trash and other recycling, due to a New York state law. Only city residential waste will be accepted.

The Department will hold five SAFE Disposal events this fall, one in each borough. All events are rain or shine, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fall events schedule is as follows:

• Saturday, September 14 – Queens

Cunningham Park, Ball Field Parking Lot
Cars enter on Francis Lewis Boulevard between Union Turnpike and Grand Central Parkway

• Sunday, September 22 – Manhattan

Union Square, North Plaza
South side of 17th Street, between Park Avenue South and Broadway
Cars approach from Park Avenue South & 20th Street

• Sunday, September 29 – Brooklyn

Brooklyn Army Terminal, Pier 4 Parking Lot
Cars line up at 63rd Street and 2nd Avenue (follow blue signs to Ferry Parking)
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• Saturday, October 19 – Staten Island

Midland Beach Parking Lot 8
Father Capodanno Boulevard & Hunter Avenue
Cars approach from Slater Boulevard

• Saturday, October 26 – Bronx

Orchard Beach Parking Lot
Cars follow Park Drive to the end

 

DSNY officials said to identify harmful products, look for items marked DANGER, WARNING, POISON, or CAUTION.

Examples of Accepted Items

• automotive products such as motor oil, transmission fluid, and auto batteries
• personal care items like unwanted medicines or cosmetics
• thermometers
• syringes (clearly labeled and packaged in a “sharps” container or other leak proof, puncture-resistant container)
• household products such as pesticides, paint, hazardous cleaners, compact fluorescent light bulbs
• electronics, such as computers, televisions, and printers

DSNY officials said materials collected are either recycled, blended for fuel, or sent to licensed hazardous waste treatment facilities for safe disposal.

For those unable to participate in these events, DSNY officials urge residents to visit www.nyc.gov/safedisposal or contact 311 for additional disposal options.

More information, with a full list of accepted items, is available at nyc.gov/SafeEvents.