Clean Sweep is an annual drop-off for HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS from homes, farms, and eligible businesses.

 Clean Sweep is open to all Rock County residents.  Due to high demand, advance registration is required for all events.

Event status:  No events scheduled until 2018.

• CLEAN SWEEP 2018 - To get information about the 2018 dates and programs, please leave your name and address at 608-754-6617 ext. 4743 or ext. 4758 or linda.pakes@co.rock.wi.us (subject "Clean Sweep").
  

  • What to bring, rates, how to register for Homes and Farms (brochure) (NO LATEX PAINT)

  • Household chemical disposal guide (brochure)

  • What to do with latex paint, motor oil, more (brochure)   

• Year-round service is available at Dane County Clean Sweep or call 608-838-3212 (non-Dane County resident fee of $75/trip, restrictions may apply; no latex paint or electronics; not affiliated with Rock County Clean Sweep). 
• BUSINESSES can use any WI Business Clean Sweep (details at bottom).  Programs are not affiliated, rates may vary, must be a Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG). 

What you need to know about the drop-offs:

• NO LATEX PAINT, motor oil, electronics, batteries, propane cylinders, or medical waste. 
  
  • Latex paint, motor oil, batteries - what to do and what to RECYCLE (pdf)  /    Earth 911 recycle by ZIP code  
  • NO medications or sharps.  Drug drop-off boxes  /  Sharps program
  • NO smoke alarms, propane or high pressure cylinders, infectious or biological wastes, sharps, explosives (detonators, blasting caps, ammunition), radioactive chemicals/devices. 
  • NO SMALL APPLIANCES or ELECTRONICS.  Check with your solid waste service or contact the Janesville Landfill and Recycling drop-off (608-755-3105) or under look 'recycling' in the business pages. 
• Rock County residents only.  All adjoining WI and IL counties have hazardous waste collections.  Residency required.   Programs are NOT AFFILIATED with Rock County, separate rates and rules apply. 
  
  • WI residents - Dane County, Green County, Jefferson County, and Walworth County.  
  • IL residents -  Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful / 815-637-1343

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Business Program

Who can use Business Clean Sweep?  Any Wisconsin business, school or agency that generates under 220 pounds of hazardous waste in a month and stores less than 2,205 pounds of hazardous waste in a year may be eligible as a VSQG (Very Small Quantity Generator) to use a Clean Sweep drop-off site for the cost of disposal only - no vendor mobilization costs. Rock County Clean Sweep is not affiliated with Dane County Clean Sweep, programs may vary.

To use sites in Rock County: 

• Free no-obligation quote for businesses  
• No events scheduled for rock County until 2018.

To use sites in Dane County (open year round):

• Dane County Business Clean Sweep
• Appointments required.
• Disposal fees apply.
• Ag chemical discount does not apply for Rock County farms or businesses that use Dane County service.

 

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The mention of businesses is not an endorsement by Rock County Land Conservation Department or any agency associated with Clean Sweep. For corrections to content, please call Rock County Land Conservation Department, 608-754-6617 ext. 3.  Clean Sweep in Rock County is made possible though an annual grant from the Wisconsin Department of Ag, Trade and Consumer Protection and sustaining donations from the Cities of Beloit, Janesville, Edgerton; Towns of Fulton, La Prairie, Harmony, Bradford, Rock, Turtle, Beloit, Center, Clinton, Avon, Janesville, Lima, Porter, Magnolia; Village of Clinton; and Rock County.