What Cannot Go in a Dumpster in Clermont, FL?
Hazardous waste, paint, solvents, asbestos, batteries, tires, motor oil and more never go in a dumpster. This guide lists them and says where they go instead in Lake County.
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- Problem
- A cleanout turns up paint, batteries, tires or asbestos, and none of it can go in the container.
- Solution
- Keep prohibited items out of the load, and take household hazardous waste to the Log House Road Transfer Station in Clermont.
- When to call
- Before the delivery is arranged, if the job includes anything that might be hazardous.
The full list for Clermont
A dumpster takes household junk, furniture, drywall, lumber, flooring, roofing and yard waste. It does not take hazardous material. The list is the same in every city in the service area, because it comes from the facility, not from the provider: hazardous waste, paint and solvents, asbestos, batteries, tires, motor oil, appliances with refrigerant, medical waste, and electronics in some cases. Finding one of these in a load at pickup can stop the job, because the facility will not take the load with it in.
Paint is the item people get wrong most often. A can of paint with liquid paint in it never goes in a dumpster, because the paint leaks out and contaminates the load. A can of paint that is fully dried out, with the lid off and the paint solid, is a different matter in some places — but the rule in Lake County is to take household hazardous waste to the transfer station, not to put it in a container. The Log House Road Transfer Station in Clermont takes household hazardous waste from residents, including paint.
Asbestos and lead paint in older Clermont homes
Asbestos turns up in older homes — in floor tiles, in pipe insulation, in roofing material from the mid-1900s — and it must never go in a dumpster. If a remodel uncovers material that might be asbestos, stop the work and have it tested before it goes anywhere. The same applies to lead paint, which turns up in homes built before 1978. The provider can explain what to do, but the testing comes first.
Clermont has many homes old enough to contain asbestos or lead paint. The historic homes near downtown Clermont, the 1970s and 1980s homes on the east side, and the 1990s homes in Kings Ridge all predate or straddle the years when these materials were phased out. A remodel on any of them should start with a check for asbestos and lead paint, before the demolition starts and before a container is ordered.
Where prohibited items go in Lake County
Lake County takes household hazardous waste at the Log House Road Transfer Station in Clermont, at 10435 Log House Road, open Wednesdays and Saturdays for residents. The station takes paint, thinners, tires, rechargeable batteries and other household hazardous waste, with limits per household. The Lake County Central Solid Waste Facility in Tavares, at 13130 County Landfill Road, takes residential drop-offs Monday through Saturday, and the City of Clermont's Garbage Guide points residents to both facilities.
Appliances with refrigerant need a separate step. A fridge or an air conditioner must have the refrigerant removed by a qualified person before it can be taken away. Tires go to the transfer station or the central facility, with a limit per household per year. Car batteries go to the transfer station, with a limit of two per household. The prohibited items page lists all twelve items and the limits that apply to each.
Dried paint, empty cans and electronics
Not every can is the same. A paint can that is fully dried out, with the lid off and the paint solid all the way through, is handled differently from a can with liquid paint in it in some places — but the safe move in Lake County is to take it to the transfer station and ask, rather than putting it in the container and finding out at pickup. The station staff can tell you what they take and what the limits are, and the City of Clermont's Garbage Guide points residents to the same two facilities.
Electronics sit in a grey area. A small electronic item in a cleanout load is often fine, but a load of old televisions, computers and printers is not a dumpster load — Lake County takes e-waste at the transfer station and the central facility, with a yearly limit per household. A television, a computer and a printer from a garage cleanout can go to the station on a Wednesday or a Saturday, and the container takes the rest of the load. When in doubt, ask the provider before the delivery is arranged: a question before the job starts is far simpler than a load stopped at pickup.
Keeping prohibited items out
Four steps, from the first sort to the pickup.
Sort first
Three piles: what goes in the container, what stays, and what never goes in a container.
Set the third pile aside
Paint, batteries, tires, asbestos and other hazardous material go in the garage, not in the container.
Tell the provider
If the job includes anything that might be hazardous, say so before the delivery is arranged.
Take the rest to the station
Household hazardous waste goes to the Log House Road Transfer Station in Clermont on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Frequently asked questions
Answers from the questions Lake County homeowners actually ask.
Call NowNo. Paint with liquid paint in it never goes in a dumpster, because it leaks and contaminates the load. Lake County takes household hazardous waste, including paint, at the Log House Road Transfer Station in Clermont.
No. Asbestos must never go in a dumpster. If a remodel uncovers material that might be asbestos, stop the work and have it tested before it goes anywhere.
To the Log House Road Transfer Station in Clermont, at 10435 Log House Road, open Wednesdays and Saturdays for residents, or the Lake County Central Solid Waste Facility in Tavares.
Call now and describe the job and the material. The provider takes the address, the size that fits and the day you want it, and the delivery is arranged.
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