Recycling Items in Your House

Your house probably has many items that can be reused or recycled, and a few items that need special care when disposing them.

Here's a list of items you might find in your house. Click on an item for more details.

Aerosol Cans
Aluminum Cans
Aluminum Cans for Cash
Appliance - Recycling
Appliance - Repair
Appliance - Where to purchase used
Batteries - Household
Batteries - Rechargeable
Books - Used
Boxes - Moving
Building Material - Used
Camera - Repair
Cardboard - Corrugated
Carpet
Cellular Phones - Donation
Christmas Trees
Clocks/Watches - Repair
Clothing - Donation
Clothing - Resale
Computer Disks, CDs and Videotapes
Construction Debris
Craft Supplies - Donation
Electronics
Eyeglasses - Donation
Fertilizer
Fluorescent Bulbs
Food Waste - Composting
Furniture - Repair
Furniture - Reuse
Garbage Drop-off
Glass - Bottles and Jars
Household Goods
Household Hazardous Waste
Jewelry - Repair
Junk Mail
Lamps - Repair
Latex Paint
Luggage - Repair
Magazines
Mattresses
Mirrors - Reuse/Repair
Newspaper
Packing Peanuts & Bubble Wrap
Paint Cans
Paint/Thinner/Solvents
Paper - Mixed
Paper - Shredded
Pesticides
Phone Books
Piano - Repair
Plastic - Bags
Plastic - Non-recyclable
Plastic - Nursery Plant Containers
Plastic - Recyclable Containers
Prescription Drugs
Printer Cartridges
Refillable - Water Jugs
Scrap Metal
Sewing Machine - Repair
Sharps - Medical Lancets and Needles
Shoe and Boot - Repair
Thermometers - Mercury
Thermostats - Mercury
Vacuum - Repair

 


Anoka County Integrated Waste Management
Government Center
2100 Third Avenue, Room 340
Anoka, MN 55303-2265
 
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