Electronic Items:
- Acceptable electronic items
- Laptops
- Desktops
- Monitors*
- Televisions*
- Printers
- Smartphones
- Tablets
- Cords
- Chargers
- Peripherals
- Not acceptable electronic items
- Batteries
- Lightbulbs
- Smoke Detectors
* LCD or CRT accepted
Polystyrene Items:
- Foam
- Expanded polystyrene foam “EPS” (white bulky foam)
- Extruded polystyrene foam “XPS” (e.g., protein trays)
- Rigid items (needs to clearly show #6 resin number)
Prescription Bottles:
- Includes caps
- Bottles need to be empty for acceptance
Expanded Polyethylene Foam "EPE" Items:
- Foam that resembles lava rock
- Foam that can bend without breaking
Mixed Rigid Items:
- #2, #4 or #5 on them
Metal & Appliance Items:
- Acceptable metal & appliance items
- Aluminum cans
- Barbeques
- Bathtubs and sinks (cast iron only)
- Bed frames
- Bicycles
- Copper tubing
- Clean cast machinery or parts
- Dishwashers
- Electrical wire
- Exercise equipment
- Extension cords
- Kitchen ovens
- Metal cabinets and shelves
- Metal lawn chairs
- Metal swing sets
- Microwaves and toasters
- Nails, screws and tools
- Pots, pans and silverware
- Refrigerators and freezers
- Wood burning stoves (fire brick must be removed)
- Washers and dryers
- Water heaters
- Not acceptable metal & appliance items
- Non-metallic materials (wood, concrete, glass, plastic, rags, garbage, dirt, rocks)
- Asbestos or materials containing asbestos (including pipe insulation and surfacing materials)
- Oil, fuel, antifreeze, hydraulic fluid and grease
- Items that contain PCBs (including transformers, capacitors and fluorescent ballasts)
- Radioactive materials of any kind
- Materials containing mercury
- Pressurized or closed containers
- Flammable materials
- Scrap or containers bearing hazardous materials labels
- Refrigerants found in air conditioners or refrigeration devices (including CFCs and HCFCs)
- Ammunition shells containing live rounds (no steel bullet shells)
Cardboard Items:
- Acceptable cardboard items
- All cardboard (any color)
- Food boxes
- Household boxes
- Paper rolls
- Not acceptable cardboard items
- Pizza boxes
- Coated paper take-out containers
- Refrigerated milk and juice cartons
Plastic Items:
- Acceptable plastic items
- Retail, carryout, produce, newspaper, bread and dry-cleaning bags
- Product wrap on cases of water and soda bottles, paper towels, napkins, disposable cups, bathroom tissue, diapers and female sanitary product
- Air pillows (deflated)
- Not acceptable plastic items
- Degradable/compostable bags or film packaging
- Pre-washed salad mix bags
- Frozen food bags
- Candy bar wrappers
- Chip bags
- Six-pack rings