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Central VT Safe Disposal Guide

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Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District

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Instrument strings (used), nylon or other

Fee

Expect fees

Landfill Banned Item

No

Special Recycling

No

Suggestion

Tanglers

Trash

You can dispose of this item in your regular trash

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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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