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Home Composting

https://www.cvswmd.org/home-composting.html

Learn about backyard composting and/or buy a Green Cone. 

Items

  • Christmas Trees- Real:
  • Egg Cartons- Paper or Plastic:
  • Food Scraps, Food Waste:
  • Shredded Paper: in clear bag
  • Trees, Logs, Stumps & Roots:
  • Yard Waste: brush, grass, leaves, twigs under 1" diameter

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  • Aerosol Cans- Food Grade & Personal Care: empty
  • Aerosol Cans- Toxics: empty
  • Aerosol Cans- Toxics: not empty
  • Air Conditioners / ACs:
  • Aluminum: cans, pie plates, foil, siding...
  • Ammonia:
  • Ammunition:
  • Antifreeze, Coolant, & Glycol:
  • Appliances- Large & Metal: “white goods” dryers, refrigerators, washers...
  • Appliances- Small: blenders, coffee makers, microwaves...
  • Asbestos, asbestos-containing materials
  • Asphalt shingles, new, reusable
  • Asphalt shingles, nonreusable
  • Asphalt:
  • Automobiles, Vehicles, Cars or 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 & rechargeable
  • Bicycle Tubes:
  • Binders & Zipper Binders:
  • Bleach & Bleach-Based Products:
  • Books: hardcover or paperback
  • Bottle- Larger than 2"x 2": pill, prescription, supplement, vitamin
  • Bottle- Less than 2"x 2": pill, prescription, supplement & vitamin
  • Boxboard
  • Brita Filters:
  • 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
  • Cassettes & Discs: CDs, DVDs, VHS, Blu-ray, LaserDisc, floppies, etc.
  • 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:
  • Clean Wood: roots, stumps, unpainted/unstained/untreated lumber
  • Cleaning Chemicals:
  • Clothing, Shoes, Sheets, Towels, Accessories & Soft Bags:
  • Computer Disks- CDs & DVDs:
  • Computer Monitors: CRTs, flat-panel, LCD, plasma
  • Computer peripherals - mouse, keyboards, scanners, external hard drives, modems, routers, computer speakers
  • Computers: desktops, laptops, notebooks, netbooks
  • Concrete & Masonry:
  • Construction & Demolition Debris:
  • Cooking Oil:
  • Copiers / Printers- Floor Model:
  • Cords, Cables, Adaptors, & Wires:
  • Corks: natural or artificial
  • Corrugated Cardboard- Uncoated:
  • 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:
  • 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- Unbroken:
  • Glassware & Ceramics:
  • Hand & Power Tools:
  • Hazardous Chemical Containers- Empty: bleach, cleaner, disinfectant, motor oil, pesticides...
  • Hearing Aids- Batteries Removed:
  • Helium Tanks- Emptied:
  • Hydraulic Fluids:
  • Instrument Strings- Metal:
  • Instrument strings- Nylon:
  • Instrument Strings- Unused: metal, nylon, other
  • iPods, MP3 & Music Players:
  • Irons:
  • Joint Compound & Spackle:
  • Junk Mail:
  • Kerosene:
  • Lawn Mower- Gas Powered: 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 containment
  • 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 cans
  • Paint- Non-Architectural: automotive, aerosol, machine, marine, 2-part...
  • Paper Bags:
  • Paper:
  • Pellet Stove or Wood Pellet Bags:
  • Pens, Crayons, Markers, Pencils School / Office Supplies:
  • Personal Electronics: cameras, GPS, Mp3 players, smart watches
  • Phone Books:
  • Phones- Cell:
  • Phones- Landline:
  • Pizza Boxes:
  • Plant Pots- Plastic:
  • Plant Pots: ceramic or clay
  • Plastic Bins & Totes:
  • Plastic Film #2 & #4: stretchy bags, bubble wrap, shipping envelopes, shrink wrap, etc.
  • Plastic Rigid Containers:
  • Poisons: fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides
  • 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:
  • Televisions: TVs, CRTs, flat-panel, LCD, plasma
  • 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:
  • VHS Tapes:
  • Video Game Consoles & Systems:
  • Vinyl Records:
  • Water Heater:
  • Windows & Doors:
  • Wire:
  • Wood & Pallets- Untreated:
  • Wood Ash:
  • Wood- Lead Painted:
  • Wood- Pressure Treated: Arsenic or CCA
  • Yard Waste: brush, grass, leaves, twigs under 1" diameter
  • Ziploc Storage Plastic Bags:

Questions?

Contact us or find waste reduction and diversion details on our website.

  • Eco Depot

    300 Granger Rd
    Berlin
    VT 05641
    802-229-9383
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