06/11/2026
North Hempstead’s next Stop Throwing Out Pollutants (S.T.O.P.) event takes place on Sunday, June 28 at Westbury High School, 1 Post Road, Old Westbury. Residents can drop off chemical and e-waste items like aerosols, household chemicals, pesticides, disinfectants, fertilizers, bulbs, thermostats, rechargeable and lithium batteries, TVs, and computers. Latex and water-based paints can be placed in a trash bag and thrown out with your regular household garbage once they’ve dried out (usually 24-36 hours after the lid is removed), and they are not accepted at S.T.O.P. collection events. However, oil-based paints are considered hazardous and will be accepted at collection events.
Residents are also invited to bring their sensitive documents to S.T.O.P. events for proper shredding and destruction to prevent identity theft. These documents will be shredded on-site by a document shredding company and then transported to a pulping mill for recycling. There is a limit of 6 “bankers’ box” sized boxes per day.
