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Central VT Safe Disposal Guide

A Project Of Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District

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Food for Donation:

Landfill Banned

No

Special Recycling

No

Food Donation Organizations

Safely handled, edible food only. Confirm first.

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Aerosol Cans- Food & Personal Care: empty
Aerosol Cans- Toxics: empty
Aerosol Cans- Toxics: not empty
Air Conditioners / ACs:
Aluminum: cans, pie plates, foil, siding...
Ammonia:
Ammunition:
Animal Carcass / Dead Animal:
Antifreeze, Coolant, & Glycol:
Appliances- Large & Metal: “white goods” dishwashers, dryers, freezers, refrigerators, washers...
Appliances- Small: blenders, coffee makers, irons, microwaves, toasters...
Art & Craft Supplies: brushes, colored pencils, crochet & knitting needles, paints, pastels, yarn...
Asbestos & Asbestos-Containing Materials:
Asphalt Shingles- Unusable:
Asphalt Shingles- Usable:
Asphalt:
Automobiles, Vehicles, Cars, Trucks:
Automotive Fluids: transmission, gear, crankcase, & motor oil
Baby Furniture: changing table, crib, high chair, playpen, stroller, tent, wagon
Baby Supplies: diapers, slings, sheets, bottles, baths, potty training, etc.
Bags, Purses, Backpacks:
Ballasts- Non-PCB:
Ballasts- PCB:
Batteries- Automotive: lead acid, marine/boat
Batteries- Large Lithium Ion: electric car, industrial, solar system
Batteries- Large Lithium: E-bike, E-lawnmower...
Batteries- Lithium: damaged or swollen
Batteries- Under 11lbs: single use or rechargeable
Bicycle Tubes:
Binders & Zipper Binders:
Bleach & Bleach Products:
Books: hardcover or paperback
Bottle: pill, prescription, supplement, vitamin
Boxboard or Corrugated Cardboard:
Building Materials:
Caps & Lids- Metal:
Caps & Lids- Plastic:
Car Seats- Infant & Toddler:
Carpet or Rugs:
Cartons- Coated: broth, juice, milk...
Cases- Plastic: CD/DVD, video & audio tape
Catalogs:
CD & DVD Players:
Cell Phone Cases:
CFC Units: AC, dehumidifier, freon tank, fridge, freezer, refrigerator, water cooler
Chip & Popcorn Bags:
Christmas Trees & Wreaths- Metal:
Christmas Trees- Real:
Cigarette Butts:
Cleaning and Disinfecting Chemicals:
Clothing, Shoes, Sheets, Towels, Accessories & Soft Bags:
Computer Disks- CDs & DVDs:
Computer Monitors: CRTs, flat-panel, LCD, plasma
Computer Peripherals: camera, cords, desktop printer, external hard drive, keyboard, modem, monitor, mouse, router, scanner, speakers
Computers: desktops, laptops, notebooks, netbooks
Concrete & Masonry:
Construction & Demolition Debris:
Cooking Oil:
Copiers / Printers- Floor Model:
Cords, Cables, Adaptors, & Wires:
Corks:
COVID-19 Home Test Kits:
Creosote & Soot:
Dimensional Lumber / Boards:
Documents to Shred:
Drink Pouches:
Egg Cartons- Paper or Plastic:
Egg Cartons- Styrofoam:
Eyeglasses:
Fabric & Textiles: bedding, curtains, table cloths, rags, etc.
Face Masks:
Fax Machines:
Fertilizers- Chemical:
Fire Extinguishers:
Fireworks & Explosives:
Flammable Liquids:
Flares: road or marine
Food for Donation:
Food Scraps, Food Waste:
Fuel & Fuel Mixes:
Furniture: chairs, couches, recliners, tables...
Gasoline & Gas / Oil Mixtures:
Gift Wrap, Wrapping Paper- Plain only:
Gift Wrap: coated, metallic, foil, shiny, sparkly
Glass Bottles & Jars- Broken:
Glass Bottles & Jars- Intact:
Glassware & Ceramics:
Hand & Power Tools:
Hazardous Chemical Containers- Empty: bleach, cleaner, disinfectant, motor oil, pesticides...
Hearing Aids:
Helium Tanks- Emptied:
Hydraulic Fluids:
Instrument Strings- Metal:
Instrument Strings- Nylon:
Instrument Strings- Unused: metal, nylon, other
iPods, MP3 & Music Players:
Joint Compound & Spackle:
Junk Mail:
Kerosene:
Lawn Mower- Gas Engine: fluids drained
Lead Paint Chips:
Lead: pipes, shot, sinkers, chimney flashing...
Light Bulbs- Fluorescent: broken
Light Bulbs- Fluorescent: intact
Light Bulbs- Halogen, Incandescent, LED, UV:
Light Fixtures:
Luggage:
Magazines:
Maple Sugaring Tubing / Lines:
Mattresses & Box Springs:
Media-Players & E-Readers:
Medical Equipment & Supplies: CPAP, crutches, toilet stands, walkers, wheelchairs, etc.
Medical Sharps: hypodermic needles, lancets, syringes
Medical Waste:
Medications: prescriptions, pharmaceutical drugs & pills
Mercury Devices- Unbroken: relays, sensors, switches, thermometers
Mercury- Loose: liquid, broken container
Metal Cans:
Metal Roofing & Siding:
Microwave Ovens:
Mothballs:
Motor Oil:
Musical Instruments:
Newspaper:
Oil Filters:
Packing Peanuts: styrofoam or starch
Paint Cans- Empty: metal
Paint Cans- Empty: plastic
Paint- Architectural: primers, stains, deck & concrete sealers, clear finishes (labelled in original can)
Paint: automotive, aerosol, machine, marine, 2-part...
Paper & Paper Bags:
Pellet Stove or Wood Pellet Bags:
Pens, Crayons, Markers, Pencils School / Office Supplies:
Personal Care Products: cologne, deodorant, hair spray, hair dye, hand soap, make up, nail polish & remover, perfume, shampoo, sunscreen...
Personal Electronics: cameras, GPS, Mp3 players, smart watches
Phone Books:
Phones- Cell:
Phones- Landline:
Pizza Boxes:
Plant Pots- Ceramic / Clay:
Plant Pots- Plastic:
Plastic Bins & Totes:
Plastic Film #2 & #4: stretchy bags, bubble wrap, shipping envelopes, shrink wrap...
Plastic Rigid Containers:
Poisons / Pesticides: fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides
Printers- Desktop:
Propane Tanks:
Pump Heads & Spray Triggers:
Rags- Oily:
Rigid Can Carriers: beer or soda
Scrap Metal:
Shaving Razors, Blades & Packaging:
Sheetrock, Drywall, & Gypsum Board:
Shredded Paper: in clear bag
Ski & Snowboard Equipment:
Smoke Detectors:
Solar Panels:
Solvents: acetone, degreaser, paint thinner, laquer thinner
Speakers- Stereo System:
Steel Cans:
Stoves, Ovens, Ranges:
String Lights, Christmas Lights:
Styrofoam Blocks & Packing:
Tapes & Discs: casettes, CDs, DVDs, VHS, Blu-ray, LaserDisc, floppies, etc.
Televisions / TVs:
Tennis Balls:
Tires- Commercial Truck:
Tires- Motorcycle:
Tires- Passenger Vehicle:
Toilets, Sinks & Fixtures:
Toner or Ink Cartridges:
Toothbrushes, Toothpaste Tubes, Dental Floss Dispensers:
Transmission Fluid
Trees, Logs, Stumps & Roots:
Tyvek:
Vacuum Cleaners:
Vape Pens & Cartridges:
VCRs:
Video Game Consoles & Systems:
Vinyl Records:
Water Filters- Activated Charcoal: brita, culligan, zerowater...
Water Heater:
Windows & Doors:
Wire:
Wood & Pallets- Untreated:
Wood Ash:
Wood- Clean: roots, stumps
Wood- Clean: unpainted/unstained/untreated lumber
Wood- Lead Painted:
Wood- Pressure Treated: Arsenic or CCA
Yard Waste: brush, grass, leaves, twigs under 1" diameter
Ziploc Type Plastic Bags:

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Berlin
VT 05641
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