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Misc Household Items

Follow the steps below to find a list of businesses and organizations that will accept your unwanted materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal. To find disposal options for multiple materials, use the Advanced Search page.

Step 1: Select specific materials

Baby Supplies
Baby supplies include items such as clothing, small toys, books, baby bedding/towels, crib mattresses and equipment such as cribs, bassinets, swings, high chairs, strollers, car seats and changing tables.

Bicycles and Bicycle Parts
Includes bicycles and bicycle parts (inner tubes, tires, seats, etc.) that are in working order and those that can be fixed with a reasonable amount of effort for re-sale or donation. Note: if your bike is beyond repair you should consider recycling it with a scrap metal recycler.

Eyeglasses
Lenses set into frames that help to correct the wearer's vision.

General
General items include kitchen and bath accessories, decorative items, various other housewares and smoke detectors.

Medicines
Medicines include unwanted, left over, or expired medicines, unwanted or left over drugs, pharmaceuticals, over the counter medicines, over the counter drugs, prescription drugs, controlled substances, medications, anesthetics, antibiotics, antiseptics, balms, pills, capsules, ointments, salves, sedatives, serums, tablets, tinctures, tonics, vaccines that should not be disposed in the trash or down the drain.

Smoke Detectors
Smoke detectors can be disposed in the garbage. You can read more about smoke detectors at the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program website. Batteries should be removed and recycled or disposed first.

All misc household items

   

Step 2: Is this material generated from your business or residence?

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Updated: Aug. 27, 2009


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