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 Foil
Appliance - Recycling
Appliance - Repair
Appliance - Used for Sale
Batteries - Household
Batteries - Rechargeable
Books - Recycling
Books - Used for Sale
Boxes - Boxboard
Boxes - Cardboard
Boxes - Moving (Reuse)
Building Materials - Used for Sale
Camera - Repair
Carpet - Recycling
Cell Phone - Donation
Christmas Trees
Clocks/Watches - Repair
Clothing - Donation
Clothing - Used for Sale
Computer
Computer Disks, CDs and Videotapes
Construction/Demolition Debris
Craft Supplies - Donation
Electronics
Eyeglasses - Donation
Fertilizer
Fluorescent Bulbs
Food Waste - Composting
Furniture - Donation
Furniture - Repair
Garbage Drop-off
Glass - Bottles and Jars
Household Goods
Household Hazardous Waste
Jewelry - Repair
Lamps - Repair
Latex Paint
Luggage - Repair
Magazines and Catalogs
Mail
Mattresses
Mirrors - Repair
Newspapers and Inserts
Packing Peanuts and Bubble Wrap
Paint Cans
Paint/Thinner/Solvents
Paper - Mixed
Paper - Shredded
Pesticides
Phone Books
Piano - Repair
Plastic - Bags
Plastic - Non-recyclable Curbside
Plastic - Nursery Plant Containers
Plastic - Recyclable Containers Curbside
Prescription Drugs
Printer Cartridges
Refillable - Water Jugs
Scrap Metal
Sewing Machine - Repair
Sharps - Medical Needles, Lancets and Syringes
Shoe and Boot - Repair
Steel Food Cans/Tin Cans
Television
Textiles
Thermometers - Mercury
Thermostats - Mercury
Vacuum - Repair

 


Anoka County Integrated Waste Management
Government Center
2100 3rd Avenue, STE 340
Anoka, MN 55303-5032
 
Phone: 763-323-5730  |  Fax: 763-323-5731  |  E-mail: use the Contact Us page