Household Hazardous Waste Program

Publications

• Fact Sheets
• Resources
  • Hazardless Home Handbook (on Metro's Web site)
    "A Guide to Hazardous Household Products and Effective Alternatives," a cooperative publication of Metro & DEQ. This is a 34 page booklet with a detailed guide to common hazardous household products and a list of federal and state agencies, and local organizations.
  • Natural Gardening - A Guide to Alternatives to Pesticides (on Metro's Web site)
    A practical guide full of gardening tips that reduce the occurrence of pests. The easy-to-use guide introduces pests common to the Pacific NW and specific physical, biological, and least toxic chemical control methods to manage them.
  • Home Safe Home Fact Sheets (Washington Toxics Coalition's Web site)
    Found in the publications section of the web site, these fact sheets for healthy home alternatives, are produced and distributed by the Washington Toxics Coalition.
  • More publications, guidance and reports
    Documents such as HHW's Management Plan, the What is HHW? flyer, the most recent biennial hhw report, and the HHW Facility Design and Operation Guidance.

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