The HHW Collection Event is part of Vermillion / Yankton Joint Solid Waste System. This program is co-sponsored by Clay County and Yankton County.

When: April 27, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Cost: $15 per vehicle. Please bring exact change to help lines move faster. Make checks payable to City of Vermillion. Sorry, no credit/debit cards accepted.

Collection Location: 
Yankton Transfer Station
1200 West 23rd Street

This event is for Household Waste and will not accept Business, School or Commercial Waste.

Examples of Household Hazardous Waste Include:

Cleaning supplies
Room deodorizers, oven cleaner; sanitizer; drain cleaners; toilet bowl cleaners; NiCad batteries; floor polish; silver and metal polishes; nail polish; furniture polish; mothballs; floor wax; disinfectants; powdered bleach.

Household products
Florescent bulbs; mercury switches and thermometers; bug sprays; flea collars; peroxides

Shop, hobby, and repair
Latex paint; oil based paint; used oil; used anti freeze; cleaners, thinners and solvents; lubricants, glues and adhesives; stains, strippers and preservatives; lead acid batteries; oil filters; and containers with unknown substances. Dry Hard Paint may be disposed with regular garbage.

Pesticides, herbicides and other products.

When loading materials to transport to collection facility, leave the materials in the original containers whenever possible. Never mix household hazardous waste items together. They may react, ignite, explode or become unrecyclable. Make sure containers are tightly sealed and place them in the trunk of your vehicle, away from passengers, during transport.

Why should you check your HHM products and clean your house of unusable, unwanted Household Hazardous Waste?

Certain types of HHW have the potential to cause physical injury to sanitation workers, contaminate septic tanks or wastewater treatment systems if poured down drains or toilets, and present hazards to children and pets if left around the house. Read product labels for disposal directions to reduce the risk of products exploding, igniting, leaking, mixing with other chemicals, or posing other hazards on the way to a disposal facility. Even empty containers of HHW can pose hazards because of the residual chemicals that might remain.

What items should you NOT bring?

Ammunition, compressed gas cylinders, propane cylinders; car batteries, microwaves, refrigerators, washing machines, clothes dryers, other large household appliances; computers, stereos, televisions; explosives, fireworks; medical waste, prescription drugs, sharps/needles; radioactive wastes; tires of any type.

For Further Information Please Contact: 605-668-5211 or 605-668-5212.

Adam Haberman, Public Works Director 
416 Walnut Street
Yankton, SD 57078
Phone: (605) 668-5251