Household Hazardous Waste collection events expand for 2025 season

LACONIA — The Lakes Region Planning Commission will be hosting its annual Lakes Region Household Hazardous Waste collections again in 2025. This year’s event will feature six collection dates and nine collection sites that all participating residents may attend. The season will kick-off on Saturday, June 21, with collection sites in Franklin and Wolfeboro. The collection season will end on Thursday, Sept. 25, with the final collection in Tuftonboro. This year the collections will be open to residents and taxpayers in 21 participating Lakes Region communities. 

There is a variety of toxic and harmful materials that can be found in Lakes Region homes. These toxic materials are known as hazardous waste substances that can poison or contaminate our local environment like surface, ground or drinking water. Materials may include flammables, corrosive or reactive substances that can be found in your household, gardening supplies, garage, workbench or art supplies. Toxic materials that pose ground water contamination threats are not allowed at local transfer stations. This is important for protecting human health and the water quality upon which the Lakes Region economy depends. 

In addition to the Saturday, June 21, collections in Franklin and Wolfeboro, collections will also be held on Saturday, July 26, in Gilford and Meredith; Saturday, Aug. 2, in Alton and Moultonborough; Thursday, Aug. 28, in Bristol; Saturday, Sept. 20, in Laconia; and Thursday, Sept. 25, in Tuftonboro. Saturday collections will run from 8:30 a.m. until noon and Thursday collections will run 2-6 p.m. This year there will be a second Thursday collection in Bristol and additional collection sites located in Alton and Wolfeboro. 

Residents and residential taxpayers in the 21 participating communities may bring up to 10 gallons or 50 pounds of household hazardous products in for safe disposal at the collection site that is most convenient for them. Participating communities for the 2025 collections are Alton, Alexandria, Andover, Bridgewater, Bristol, Center Harbor, Franklin, Gilford, Gilmanton, Hebron, Holderness, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonborough, New Hampton, Sanbornton, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tilton, Tuftonboro, and Wolfeboro. 

For more information, visit lakesrpc.nh.gov.