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Paint, Artist Acrylic and Oil
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Household Hazardous Waste – Special Handling Required
Do not place artist acrylic and oil paints in the curbside recycle bin. Disposal varies by pigment. A list of over 25 pigments that are considered hazardous is provided below. Hazardous paint pigments can be dropped off, free of charge, at a Transfer Station's Household Hazardous Waste site.
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Artist acrylic and oil paint pigments listed below are hazardous and should be dropped off at a Transfer Station's Household Hazardous Waste site.
- Antimony White
- Barium Yellow
- Burnt Umber
- Cadmium Yellows
- Cadmium Oranges
- Cadmium Reds
- Chrome Yellow
- Chrome Oranges
- Chrome Green
- Cobalt Violet (Cobalt Arsenate)
- Emerald/Paris Green
- Lemon Yellow
- Manganese Blue
- Manganese Violet
- Flake White
- Mixed White
- Lead White
- Molybdate Orange
- Naples Yellow
- Thalo Blues
- Thalo Greens
- Raw Umber
- Scheele’s Green
- Strontium Yellow
- Vermilion
- Zinc Yellow
Paint tubes containing all other pigments can be slit, allowed to solidify, and then placed in the curbside trash.
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