As the story from the Albany Times Union shows, household hazardous waste can be found in places you don't expect. While industrial facilities are tightly regulated, homeowners can sometimes be careless about the places they dispose of waste. This is a particular problem since compact fluorescent light bulbs have become popular. Fluorescents contain mercury, and should be properly disposed.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection does not have much on its website regarding household hazardous waste, and how to go about disposing of it. It instead sends you to the EPA site for household hazardous waste. Occasionally the DEP hold hazardous waste collection days, but I don't see where any are
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