List of Accepted Items
Food Related Items
1. Brita Containers, Refills, Filters, and Brita brand Water Bottles
2. Can Food Goods(Can't be expired)
3. Honest & Any Brand Drink Pouches
4. Kroger Flexible Plastic Packaging
5. Souffle Cups & Lids (Think To Go Ranch and Sauce Containers from Restaurants)
6. Taco Bell & Any Brand Sauce Packets (Must be empty)
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Pet Related Items
7. Cat Carriers (Must be in good enough condition to donate)
8. Dog Leashes and Collars
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Health & Beauty Related Materials
9. Aussie Hair Care Packaging
10. Burt Bees Containers & Packaging
11. Dentures
12. eos Products
13. Floss Containers. Floss Picks, and Packaging
14. Gold Bond Containers and Packaging
15. Head & Shoulders Non-Aerosol Containers & Packaging
16. Herbal Essences Containers
17. Icy Hot Containers and Packaging
18. Nail Files (Metal, Cardboard, and Glass Accepted)
19. Pantene Hair Care Containers, and Packaging
20. Toothbrushes
21. Toothpaste Containers and Packaging
22. Retainers for Teeth Straightening
23. Shaving Razors
24. Supplement Blister Packaging (All Pills must be removed)
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Clothing & Related Items
25. Clothing-Children's and Adult clothing are accepted in any condition. We will NOT accept clothing with odors, or excessive animal hair. WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY BEDDING OF ANY KIND!!
26. Shoes (Any condition, any style)
27. Towels (Can be in any condition, but must be free from odors, no excessive pet hair.
Toys and Related Items
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28. Art & Craft Supplies
(can be used but need to still have some life to them. For example we accept craft paint but it can’t be dried up-that can’t be used)
29. Craft Paint (the little bottles-must have some usable paint left inside)
30. Games and Puzzles (can be complete or missing pieces)
31. Toys in general (Can be broken, stained, but must be free of odors, food, hair, dirt, etc.) No Large Yard Toys.
32. V-Tech, Leap Frog and Any Electronic Toys (These do not have to work)
Cleaning Products & Related Materials
33. Any Cleaning Products that are under 3 years of age (Bottles can be used)
34. Febreze Aerosol, and Non Aerosol Containers
35. Swiffer Wet Pads and Dusters (No Packaging)
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Metal Materials
36. ANY Materials that are mostly made of metal.
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Some Examples but not limited to:
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*Batteries ( AA, AAA, C, D, etc.)
*Broken Jewelry
*Car Batteries
*Cords (Chargers, Extension Cords, Headphones, and any cord you can plug into a wall)
*Curling Irons
*Electronics (DVD Players, Radios, Computer Towers, Game Systems, VCR’s, Stereos, Cell Phones, Laptops, Etc.) These do not have to work, can be broken or missing pieces. We do not accept TVS. No Television’s or Computer Monitors.
*Golf Clubs-can be broken
* Instrument String/Wire
* Keys-Car keys, broken keys, suitcase keys, old house keys.
* Large Appliances (We accept large appliances to be dropped off for free, please call/text or message us prior to drop off to give us a heads up). We can remove large appliances as well but charge to do so.
* Metal Furniture- Metal Chairs, Patio Furniture mostly metal, filing cabinets, metal desks, lamps, metal tables
* Small Appliances (Blenders, Hand Vacuums, Toasters, Microwaves, Etc.)
*Wire
*X-Mas Lights(Can be broken, do not have to work, can be missing bulbs)
Paper Products
37. Any Paper Product
Some Examples but not limited to:
*Books (Hard and Soft Cover)
*Boxboard (Cereal boxes, Cracker and Food Boxes)
*Construction Paper
*Colored Paper
*Greeting Cards
*Junk Mail
*Newspaper
*Magazines
*Maps
*Phone Books
*Playing Cards
*Postcards
*Posters
*Scrapbook Paper (Can be cut up)
*Shredded Paper
*Tissue Paper
*Wrapping Paper(Just can’t accept Foil, Wax, or Plastic)
* Yearbooks
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Miscellaneous Materials Accepted
38. Boxes
39. Bubble Wrap
40. Cigarette Waste
41. Packaging Peanuts
42. Pencils and Crayons (No Pens, or Markers, unless the pens are metal)
43. Plastic Bags (only plastic shopping bags like Meijer bags)
44. New Beauty and Personal Care Products
45. Sandpaper (can be used)
46. Tape ( Scotch, Packaging, Duct Tape, Masking, Wasabi, Etc.)
47. Used Painting Canvas
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The updated list is much smaller than our previous recycling list. That is due to program closures, complaints of our list being too long/confusing, and just eliminating items that were too problematic.
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