Earn your Household Chemical Safety Certification from the Greater Houston Local Emergency Planning Committee (GHLEPC).
This free program will help you protect your family, reduce risks, and prepare for emergencies — all from the comfort of your home.
Our seven short, animated modules cover everything you need:
Tip: Watch all modules to earn your Household Chemical Safety Certification.

Module 1: Safe Storage & Disposal of Medications

Module 2: Responsible User of Household Chemicals

Module 3: Reading and Understanding Chemical Labels

Module 4: General Medicine & Poison Safety

Module 5: Poison Regulation and Prevention

Module 6 and Closing: Household Hazardous Waste Facility and Poison Emergency

Take note of these important resources
For immediate help with swallowed, inhaled, or skin contact with poisons.
For safe disposal of chemicals, paints, and medications.
For life-threatening emergencies, severe symptoms, or dangerous spills/fires.
6900 Hahl Road, Houston, TX (Gessner & US-290).
By appointment only. Free for residents of unincorporated Harris County.
Periodic mobile HHW collection events where residents can drop-off items. Dates and locations vary by Precinct.
North: 5614 Neches St.
South: 1500 S. Post Oak Rd.
Drop off paints, cleaners, auto fluids, batteries, and more (City residents only).
5900 Westpark Dr, Houston, TX.
Accepts certain materials such as latex paint (limits apply), used oil, antifreeze, batteries, small electronics, etc.
West U Residents may use the Harris County HHW facility 6900 Hahl Road (Appointment required) or Houston HHW locations through the voucher program.
Greater Houston Local Emergency Planning Committee
HFD Hazmat Coordinator, 500 Jefferson Street, 7th Floor, Houston, TX 77002 US | (713) 249-9687