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Many of the following items are difficult to dispose of ... here's a list of folks near you who can help!

  • Aerosol Cans

  • Air Conditioners

  • Ammunition/Explosives

  • Antifreeze

  • Appliances

  • Art and Hobby Items

  • Asphalt

  • Audio Equipment and Components

  • Backpacks

  • Barrels/Drums/Tanks

  • Bathtubs

  • Batteries - All

  • Batteries - Car

  • Batteries - Rechargeable

  • Batteries - Silver Oxide and Button

  • Bicycles

  • Bicycle Inner Tubes & Tires

  • Binoculars and Spotting Scopes

  • Books

  • Bubble Wrap

  • Business Surplus--Equipment/Supplies

  • Cameras and Photo Equipment

  • Candle Wax

  • Cars and other vehicles

  • Car Seats

  • Carpet

  • Carpet Padding

  • Cassette Tapes

  • CD Players

  • CDs/CD Cases/DVDs

  • Ceiling Tiles

  • Ceramic and Porcelain Items

  • Christmas Trees

  • Computer Disks

  • Computer Equipment

  • Concrete and Asphalt

  • Construction Materials

  • Copiers

  • Dishwashers

  • Deconstruction Services

  • Diskettes and Computer Tapes

  • DVDs

  • Electric Motors

  • Electronics

  • Explosives/Ammunition

  • Fax Machines

  • Fencing

  • Fire Extinguishers

  • Fishing line/spools

  • Fluorescent/Halogen Bulbs

  • Freezers

  • Grills

  • Hazardous Waste

  • Jewel Cases

  • Laboratory Equipment

  • Lawn Mowers

  • Light Strings

  • Mattresses and Box Springs

  • Medical Equipment and Supplies

  • Metal--Scrap

  • Microwaves

  • Milk Cartons/Drink Boxes/Aseptic Containers

  • Motor Oil

  • Oil Filters

  • Paint

  • Paperboard

  • Pharmaceuticals

  • Photographic Materials/Film Canisters

  • Plastic Nursery Pots

  • Plastic Tubs

  • Plexiglas

  • Porcelain

  • Printers

  • Propane Canisters

  • Prosthetic Limbs

  • Refrigerators

  • Rugs/Carpet

  • Scrap Metal

  • Shoes

  • Sinks

  • Skis and Ski Equipment

  • Sleeping Bags

  • Smoke Detectors

  • Snowboards

  • Sporting Goods

  • Steel Cans and Metal Jar Lids

  • Stereo Equipment and Components

  • Styrofoam® Coolers

  • Styrofoam®/Polystyrene and Bubble Wrap

  • Telephones /Telephone Systems

  • Televisions and VCRs

  • Tennis Balls and Cans

  • Thermometers/Thermostats

  • Toilets

  • Tools

  • Toys

  • Tyvek®  Cleanroom Garments

  • Tyvek® Envelopes

  • Vacuum Cleaners

  • VCRs

  • Video Tapes

  • Washers and Dryers

  • Water Filters

  • Water Heaters

  • Wire/Wire Fencing

  • X-Rays