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September 2026 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events
Kern County Public Works hosts monthly Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Events throughout the County. Residents can drive up and drop off their hazardous waste free of charge at any of these one-day collection events. HHW Collection Events are for residential hazardous waste only. Commercial or business waste is not accepted.
Check out these one-day collection events in September:
- Friday, September 4, 2026 – Taft Landfill: 13351 Elk Hills Road, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Friday, September 18, 2026 – Tehachapi Transfer Station (Temporary): 12001 Tehachapi Blvd., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Saturday, September 19, 2026 – Tehachapi Transfer Station (Temporary): 12001 Tehachapi Blvd., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Friday, September 25, 2026 – McFarland-Delano Transfer Station: 11249 Stradley Avenue, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Additionally, residential HHW can always be dropped off at these permanent Kern County Special Waste Facilities (SWF):
- Bakersfield SWF: 4951 Standard Street: open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Mojave SWF: 17035 Finnin Street, Building #2: open the first Saturday of every other month (Jan, March, May, July, September 5, Nov), from 9 a.m. to noon
- Ridgecrest SWF: 3301 W. Bowman Road: open the second and fourth Saturday of each month, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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