Disposing of Items

How you can dispose of common household items Show Only Items for... Blue Box Grey Box Green Bin Garbage Large Items/Appliances Household Hazardous Waste Yard Waste Donations Green Bin or Green Bin & Yard Waste

A	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Aerosol Cans (empty)
Aerosol Cans (not empty)
Aluminum Cans & Foil
Aluminum Foil (soiled)
Auto Parts - Take to Scrap Metal Recycler
B	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Bakery Trays
Batteries - Take to Depot
Beverage Cans
Beverage Cartons
Blankets
Bleach tubs/lids
Bones
Bottles
Boxboard
Bread
Bread bags
Broken Glass (call for pick up)
Broken Toys
Brown paper bags
C	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Candy Wrappers
Carbon Paper
Cardboard (broken down, tied)
Cardboard Containers with metal bottoms
Cardboard and pizza boxes (not soiled with hazardous material)
Cards
Carpet
Cake
Candies
Catalogues
Ceramics
Cereal boxes
CFL Lightbulbs
Chicken
Chip Bags
Cleaning Liquids (Corrosive)
Cloth items
Clothing (reusable)
Coffee Cups (those that aren't 100 per cent paper)
Coffee Cups (100 per cent paper only)
Coffee grounds
Comforters
Commercial Waste - Take to Landfill
Compost
Construction Materials - Take to Landfill
Construction Paper
Cookie Boxes
Cool fireplace ashes
D	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Dairy products
Dead Animals
Dehumidifier
Detergent tubs/lids
Diapers
Dishes (broken)
Dishes (Used)
Dishwasher
Draperies
Dough
Drink Boxes
Dry Cleaning bags
Dryer lint
E	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Eggs
Egg Cartons - Paper
Egg Shells
Electronics - Take to Landfill for Recycling
Envelopes
Explosives - call a non-emergency phone number
F	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Fatty Foods
Feces (Pet)
Filters
Fireworks (used)
Fish Scraps
Fridge / Freezer
Floor sweepings
Flour and grains
Flowers (cut)
Fluorescent light tubes
Flyers
Foam Packaging
Foil Containers
Frozen juice cans
Fruit scraps
G	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Gasoline
Gift Boxes
Gift Wrapping Paper
Glass Jars
Glasses (drinking)
Glasses (prescription)
Grass clippings - Take to Landfill
Grocery bags
H	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Hair Clippings
Hardcover books (no cover)
Herbicides
Humidifier
I	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Ice cream tubs/lids
Infected Plants
J	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Juice bottles/tubs/lids
K	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Kitchen Appliances
Kitchen Utensils
L	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Latex Gloves
Legal Drugs
Leaves
Lightbulbs
Lights, Fluorescent tubes
Liquid Paint
M	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Margerine tubs/lids
Meat
Metal - Return to local scrap metal dealer or place in your regular garbage bin.
Microwaves
Microwave popcorn bags
Milk Cartons
Milk bags
Motor Oil
Motor Oil bottles/tubs/lids
Muffins
N	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Needles & Syringes
Newspapers
Nuts and nutshells
O	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Oil - Cooking
Oil - Motor
Organics
P	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Paint Cans - empty
Paint Cans - not empty
Paper
Paper Towel - not soiled with hazardous material
Paperbacks
Pasta
Peelings
Pesticides
Pet hair and feathers
Pet waste and kitty litter bag
Pharmaceuticals
Phone Books
Pies
Plants (trimmings/house plants)
Plastics
Bottles
Cups/lids
Liners
Wrap (used)
Polystyrene Foam Plastic
Popsicle sticks
Pop cases
Potato Chip Bags
Pots and Pans
Propane Tanks
Purses
Pyrex
Q	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
R	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Rice
Rubber Gloves
S	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Sauces, gravy and dressings
Saw dust
Shampoo bottles/lids
Sharps
Shellfish
Shoes
Shredded Paper (place inside clear bag)
Smoke Detectors
Soiled newsprint
Solvents
Spray Paint (empty)
Spray Paint (not empty)
Stove
Straw
Styrofoam
T	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Take-out trays, cups and plates (100 per cent paper only)
Tea Bags
Thinners
Tires - Take to a Landfill for Recycling
Tire Rims - Take to a Scrap Metal Dealer
Toothpicks
Toothpaste Tubes
Toys
Twigs
U	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
V	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Vacuum Bags
Vegetable scraps
W	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Wallpaper
Water bottles/tubs/lids
Waxed Paper
Weeds
Windshield washer bottles
Wood Chips
Y	Blue Box	Grey Box	Green Bin	Garbage	Large Items	Hazardous Waste	Yard Waste	Donate
Yogurt Lids

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