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VT Clean Wood drop-offs

http://www.cvswmd.org/clean-wood.html

You can bring clean wood to recycle at special drop off locations. Follow the link to learn more and find a clean wood drop off near you.

Items

  • Dimensional lumber, wood boards
  • Clean wood (natural wood, stumps, roots, lumber that has never been painted, stained, or treated)
  • Untreated wood and pallets
  • Christmas trees, real
  • Trees, logs, stumps, and roots

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  • Aerosol cans, empty, food grade & personal care products
  • Aerosol cans, empty, toxics (pesticides, paint, solvents, etc.)
  • Aerosol cans, not empty, toxics (pesticides, paint, solvents, etc.)
  • Air conditioners, AC window units
  • Aluminum: cans, pie plates, foil, siding, etc. (smaller than 4x4 feet)
  • Ammonia
  • Ammunition
  • Antifreeze, coolant, and glycol
  • Appliances, large, metal (aka “white goods” refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, etc.)
  • Appliances, small (microwaves, coffee makers, blenders, etc.)
  • Arsenic or CCA pressure-treated wood & pallets
  • Asbestos, asbestos-containing materials
  • Asphalt
  • Asphalt shingles, new, reusable
  • Asphalt shingles, nonreusable
  • Automobiles, vehicles, cars and trucks
  • Automotive fluids - transmission, gear, crankcase, and motor oil
  • Baby food squeeze pouches
  • Baby Furniture (changing table, crib, high chair, pack n play, stroller, tent, wagon)
  • Baby Supplies (diapering, slings, sheets, bottle feeding, bathing, potty training, etc.)
  • Bags, purses, backpacks
  • Ballasts, non-PCB, for fluorescent lights
  • Ballasts, PCB, for fluorescent lights
  • Batteries, household (single use & rechargeable, automotive-lead acid, marine/boat)
  • Batteries, large Lithium (Li or Li-ion) (E-bike, E-lawnmower, E-chainsaw, etc.)
  • Batteries, large Lithium Ion (electric car, industrial, solar system)
  • Batteries, lithium-ion, damaged or swollen
  • Beer bottle caps
  • Bicycle tubes
  • Binders & zipper binders
  • Bleach and bleach-based products
  • Books, hardcover
  • Books, paperback
  • Boxboard
  • Bread tabs
  • Brita filters and packaging
  • Broken fluorescent bulbs and CFLs
  • Building materials
  • Caps and lids, metal
  • Caps and lids, plastic
  • Car seats, infant and toddler
  • Carpeting and rugs
  • Cartons, coated (milk, juice, broth, etc.)
  • Cases, all types of plastic CD/DVD, video & audio tape
  • Cassette & VHS Tapes, CDs, DVDs, Blue-ray, LaserDisc, floppy discs, etc.
  • Catalogs
  • CD and DVD players
  • Cell phone cases
  • Ceramic toilets, sinks, and fixtures
  • Chip and popcorn bags
  • Christmas trees and wreaths, metal
  • Christmas trees, real
  • Cigarette butts
  • Clean wood (natural wood, stumps, roots, lumber that has never been painted, stained, or treated)
  • Cleaning products, hazardous (oven and toilet cleaners, drain openers, etc.)
  • Clothing, sheets, towels, footwear, hats, gloves, belts, scarves, jewelry & soft bags
  • Computer disks, CDs & DVDs (music, movies, video games)
  • Computer monitors, any type - CRTs, flat-panel, LCD, and plasma displays
  • Computer peripherals - mouse, keyboards, scanners, external hard drives, modems, routers, computer speakers
  • Computers, desktops, laptops, notebooks, and netbooks
  • Concrete and masonry
  • Construction and demolition debris
  • Copiers and printers, floor model
  • Cords, cables, adaptors, and electrical wires
  • Corks, natural and artificial
  • Corrugated cardboard, uncoated
  • Covid-19 Home Test Kits
  • Creosote & soot
  • Dehumidifiers
  • Dimensional lumber, wood boards
  • Documents for shredding
  • Drink pouches (juice, cocktails, etc.)
  • Egg cartons, paper
  • Egg cartons, plastic
  • Egg cartons, styrofoam
  • Eyeglasses
  • Fabric and textiles, bedding, table cloths, linens, curtains, rags, etc.
  • Fax machines
  • Fertilizers, chemical
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Fireworks and explosives
  • Flammable liquids
  • Flower pots, plant pots, ceramic or clay
  • Flower pots, plant pots, plastic (non-black)
  • Food for donation
  • Food grade cooking oil
  • Food scraps, food waste
  • Fuel and fuel mixes
  • Furniture, couches, sofas, recliners, etc.
  • Game consoles, video game systems
  • Gasoline and gas/oil mixtures
  • Gift wrap, metallic, foil, shiny, sparkle, coated
  • Gift wrap, wrapping paper, plain only
  • Glass Bottles and Jars, Broken
  • Glass bottles and Jars, Unbroken
  • Glassware and ceramics
  • Hand and power tools
  • Hazardous chemical containers, empty (used motor oil, bleach, cleaners, disinfectants, pesticides, etc.)
  • Hearing aids, batteries removed
  • Helium tanks (Balloon Time, emptied)
  • Holiday string lights, Christmas lights
  • Hydraulic fluids
  • Hypodermic needles, lancets, syringes, sharps
  • Instrument strings (unused), metal, nylon, or other
  • Instrument strings (used), metal
  • Instrument strings (used), nylon or other
  • iPods, MP3 and music players
  • Irons
  • Joint compound and spackling
  • Junk mail
  • Kerosene
  • Lawn mower, gas powered, push mower (fluids drained)
  • Lead paint chips
  • Lead paint wood
  • Lead sinkers
  • Light bulbs/lamps, Fluorescent, broken
  • Light bulbs/lamps, fluorescent, intact
  • Light bulbs/lamps, incandescent, halogen, LED, UV (no neon)
  • Lighting fixtures
  • Luggage
  • Magazines
  • Maple sap tubing
  • Masks, Face
  • Mattresses and box springs
  • Media-players, e-readers
  • Medical equipment and supplies - walkers, toilet stands, crutches, wheelchairs, CPAP, etc.
  • Medical waste
  • Medications, prescriptions, and pharmaceutical drugs and pills
  • Mercury (liquid, loose, broken mercury-containing products)
  • Mercury thermostats, unbroken
  • Mercury-containing devices, unbroken (thermometers, switches, relays, sensors)
  • Metal cans
  • Metal roofing and siding
  • Microwave ovens
  • Mothballs (paradichlorobenzene)
  • Motor oil
  • Musical instruments
  • Newspaper
  • Oil filters
  • Packing materials: peanuts, Styrofoam or starch
  • Paint (automotive, non-architectural, not household)
  • Paint and primers, stains (architectural), deck and concrete sealers, clear finishes (oil-based, latex, varnish, shellac), labelled in original cans
  • Paint cans, empty, metal
  • Paint cans, empty, plastic
  • Paper
  • Paper bags
  • Pellet stove bags
  • Pens, crayons, markers, pencils and other school/office supplies
  • Personal electronics (GPS Units, cameras, Mp3 players, etc.)
  • Phone books
  • Phones, cell
  • Phones, landline
  • Pizza boxes
  • Plastic bins and totes
  • Plastic containers, bottles, and jugs (non-black)
  • Plastic film, stretchy - clean & dry #2 & #4 (bags, bubble wrap, shipping envelopes, shrink wrap, etc.)
  • Poisons, pesticides, insecticides, fungicides
  • Prescription pill, vitamin, and supplement bottles, greater than 2"x2"
  • Prescription pill, vitamin, and supplement bottles, less than 2"x2"
  • Printer, copier, toner, ink cartridges
  • Printers, desktop
  • Propane tanks
  • Pump heads and spray triggers
  • Rags, oily
  • Receipts
  • Refrigerators and freezers, dorm-style
  • Refrigerators and freezers, standard size or larger
  • Rigid Can Carriers, beer or soda (aka hard plastic 4 or 6 pack holders)
  • Scrap metal, 4'x4' and larger
  • Scrap metal, under 4’x4’
  • Shaving razors, blades, and packaging
  • Sheetrock, drywall, and gypsum board
  • Shoes, clean, dry, and in pairs
  • Shredded paper (in clear bag)
  • Ski and snowboard equipment
  • Small kitchen appliances
  • Smoke detectors
  • Solvents (paint thinner, laquer thinner, acetone)
  • Speakers, stereos and stereo systems
  • Steel cans
  • Stoves, ovens, ranges
  • Styrofoam blocks and packaging
  • Styrofoam or starch peanuts
  • Tape dispensers and cores
  • Televisions, TVs, CRTs, flat-panel, LCD, and plasma displays, tablets
  • Tennis balls
  • Tires, car and passenger truck
  • Tires, commercial truck
  • Tires, motorcycle
  • Toothbrushes, empty toothpaste tubes, dental floss containers
  • Trees, logs, stumps, and roots
  • Tyvek
  • Untreated wood and pallets
  • Vacuum cleaners
  • Vape pens and cartridges
  • VCRs
  • VHS tapes
  • Vinyl records
  • Warmgel heat pack, hand and toe warmers
  • Water coolers, household
  • Water heater
  • Windows and doors
  • Wire
  • Wood ash
  • Yard waste - leaves, grass clippings, brush, branches & limbs under 1"
  • Ziploc food storage plastic bags

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