2026 CLEAN SWEEP EVENT - Registraion is now OPEN.
REGISTER HERE.
Registration is NOT required BUT is helpful to our staff. This allows us to space participants out over the duration of the event. It gives us a chance to answer some of your questions and to help avoid you brining non-allowed items to the event.
We look forward to seeing you.
This years event is set for THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 from 10:30am TO 1:30pm.
The Clean Sweep event will be held at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds Facility, 625 Third Street, Luxemburg. Enter at the Third Street entrance and follow the direction of our volunteers and arrows. No early birds! We need time to set up, get our volunteers ready, and hold our safety brief before we can start.
REGISTER HERE.
Registration is NOT required BUT is helpful to our staff. This allows us to space participants out over the duration of the event. It gives us a chance to answer some of your questions and to help avoid you brining non-allowed items to the event.
We look forward to seeing you.
This years event is set for THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 from 10:30am TO 1:30pm.
The Clean Sweep event will be held at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds Facility, 625 Third Street, Luxemburg. Enter at the Third Street entrance and follow the direction of our volunteers and arrows. No early birds! We need time to set up, get our volunteers ready, and hold our safety brief before we can start.
What is the Hazardous Waste Collection?
It’s an opportunity for farmers, agricultural businesses and households to dispose of banned, damaged, expired, unwanted chemicals, pesticides, household wastes and dry medications, opioids, sharps contianers (household ONLY), and more in an environmentally safe manner.
Who can participate?
The collection is open to ALL Kewaunee County residents.
Agricultural collection includes dairy & livestock farms, greenhouses, orchards, golf courses, marinas & school districts located in Kewaunee County.
How much will it cost to participate?
The Agricultural, Household Hazardous Waste and Unused Prescription Medication collection is a FREE service if hazardous waste materials do not exceed acceptable quantities. Kewaunee County residents and farmers are allowed to bring in up to 50 pounds of household hazardous waste and/or 200 pounds of agricultural chemicals or pesticides at no charge. Weight in excess of these amounts will have a small fee of $3.50 per pound associated with disposal.
DROP OFF
At the Clean Sweep site, a licensed hazardous waste disposal firm will collect the chemicals with assistance from local volunteers. Disposal is simple and convenient. You will not need to leave your vehicle.
ACCEPTABLE ITEMS:
- Agricultural Chemicals
- Acid Washes
- Engine Cleaners
- Solvents
- Wood Treatment
- Veterinary Supplies
- Ammunition
- Gun Ammo
- Automotive
- Anti-Freeze
- Break Fluid
- Degreasers
- Ether
- Fuel
- Transmission Fluid
- Fire Extinguishers
- A, B, C, D & K
- Flares
- Fluorescent Tubes - fee associated with each bulb
- 4FT, 6FT, 8FT Bulbs (Disposal Fee - $2 per bulb)
- Home Workshop
- Enamel Oil/Lead Based Paint ONLY
- Stripper
- Thinner/Solvents
- Turpentine
- Varnish
- Household
- Drain Cleaner
- Moth Balls
- Nail Polish Remover
- Photography Chemicals
- Silver Polish
- Lawn & Garden
- Fungicides
- Herbicides
- Insecticides
- Rodenticides
- Medications
- Capsules or Pills ONLY (Including Opioids) - Empty the contents of any dry medication bottle or box into a Clear Bag(s) and dispose of the empty medication bottles/boxes!
- Medicated Patches
- Sharps (Household Use ONLY) and MUST be in a Sharps approved container! This includes Epi-Pens being in a sharps approved container.
- Pesticides
- 2, 4-D
- 2, 4, 5-T
- Atrazine
- Captan
- Chlordane
- DDT
- Heptachlor
- Lindane
- Malathion
- Parathion
- Toxaphene
- Reading or Eye Glasses
- Hearing aids
- Ink cartridges
- Cellphones
- Batteries - all sizes and shapes and NO Car Batteries
- Compressed Gas Cylinders
- Contaminated Soil
- Electronics
- Explosives or Fireworks
- Flashlight-Type Batteries
- Compact (spiral) Fluorescent Lamp Bulbs
- Freon 11 and 12
- Infectious and Biological Wastes
- Latex Paint
- Medications that are Liquids, Creams, Suppositories or Gels
- Radioactives
- Smoke Alarms
- Tires
- Veterinary Sharps
- Waste Oil
Kewaunee County reserves the right to reject any items brought to the hazardous waste collection that DO NOT meet the reasonable intent of the program.
"Clean Sweep" is made possible through grants received from Wisconsin DATCP and Kewaunee County Families and Communities Encouraging Success (F.A.C.E.S.).
REGISTRATION IS OPEN . We will see you Thursday September 17.