Household Hazardous Waste Program

2024 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ELEMENT INITIATIVE

CONTINUE SPECIAL ITEM RECYCLING PROGRAM

In 2020, the City of Brookhaven partnered with the City of Chamblee, Keep Chamblee Beautiful, and the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM) to produce a pop-up recycling event for the local community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the scheduled April – June 2021 events were cancelled and out of an abundance of caution, plans for such events were halted. Since being reinitiated 2022, the event has become widely popular and well-attended. The effort has collected tons of electronics, glass, plastics, etc. This funding amount is expected to cover the cost of one event assuming continued partnerships to leverage non-City funding.

PAST EVENTS

2023

Held joint household hazardous waste recycling event with the City of Chamblee and the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM) on March 18, 2023. In all, there were 238 residents from Brookhaven and Chamblee that participated, and 52,090 pounds of materials diverted from local landfills and water systems.

2022

The Household Hazardous Waste event was held on June 11, 2022 in partnership with the City of Chamblee and Live Thrive at Plaza Fiesta. A total of 251 residents from Brookhaven and Chamblee were served at the recycling event.  A total of 29,247 pounds of hazardous waste was diverted from the water system and landfill, including:
Styrofoam, 330 pounds
Plastic Film, 201 Pounds
Electronics, 6,060 Pounds
Household Goods/Textiles, 728 Pounds
Paint/Chemicals, 21, 928 Pounds

In addition to staff, volunteers from Keep Chamblee Beautiful and Cox Enterprises assisted at the event.

2021

In 2020, the City of Brookhaven partnered with the City of Chamblee, Keep Chamblee Beautiful, and the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM) to produce a pop-up recycling event for the local community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the scheduled April – June 2021 events were cancelled and out of an abundance of caution, plans for such events were halted.

2020

Implemented a special item recycling program, co-hosting three collection events in partnership with the City of Chamblee, Keep Chamblee Beautiful, and the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials