Household Hazardous Wastes (HHW) are common chemical products found in all homes. The products themselves are not unsafe or hazardous if used for their intended purpose. However, due to their chemical composition, disposal at landfills and incinerators is not preferred.

HHW is collected at the Transfer Station in Crookston and the Recycling Center in Fosston Monday-Friday from 8:00-4:30. HHW are collected, processed, and shipped to disposal/recycling facilities by the Northwestern Minnesota HHW (NWMNHHW) Regional facility in Bagley, MN. Polk is one of ten counties that belong to the NWMNHHW Program in Bagley. The other counties include the following:

Cass
Beltrami
Clearwater
Red Lake
Marshall
Pennington
Lake of the Woods
Kittson
Koochiching

Polk County also hosts approximately 2-4 mobile one-day HHW collection events throughout Polk County during the course of the summer.

In addition, the Transfer Station in Crookston operates a product exchange. This is a free program where Polk County residents are able to take HHW materials to use for their intended purpose. Items on the product exchange include the following types of materials:

Paint
Stain
Varnish
Adhesives
Auto Chemicals
Cleaning Products
Residential Pesticides

The product exchange is open to the public during the regular operational hours of the Crookston Transfer Station.

For a List of acceptable HHW, click HERE.