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Ada County amends household hazardous waste contract; program cost about $1.4 million a year

Ada County Board of Commissioners · April 15, 2026
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The board approved an amendment to the Clean Earth Environmental contract for the household hazardous waste facility, which staff said costs about $1.4 million annually and is currently subsidized by landfill tipping fees; staff added items such as medium-sized lithium batteries, solar panels and vapes to the accepted commodity list and warned rising volumes could increase costs.

The Ada County Board of Commissioners approved an amendment to agreement 30190-4-26 with Clean Earth Environmental for the county’s household hazardous waste (HHW) facility.

Herb Cantu, the landfill representative, said the HHW program collects household hazardous materials from the public and from mobile collection…

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