Recycling and Reuse Guide

This guide is created to provide information regarding the recycling and reuse of various materials. This is not an all-inclusive list, just a guide to get you started. An additional outlet that allows you to search for locations to recycle and reuse is www.earth911.com. This website allows you to search for the material and area in which you are looking to recycle.

For more information please call the Division of Solid Waste Management at 607.778.2250.

Aerosol cans
Aggregate-concreate, stone, dirt, etc
Agricultural Plastics
Air Conditioner
Aluminum foil and pans
Ammunition
Antifreeze, brake, transmission and hydraulic fluid
Appliances/freon units
Asbestos
Automobiles
Batteries
Bicycles
Blister Packaging
Books (Hard & Soft)
Bottle Caps
Bra Recycling
Bulk Metals
Carpet Padding
Carpets
Catalogs
CD/Compact Discs
Ceiling Tiles
Cell Phones
Cereal Bags
Charitable Donations
Christmas String Lights
Clean Fill
Clothing
Coat Hangers
Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Compost
Computers and Electronics
Construction and Demolition Debris
Contaminated Soil
Cooking Oil
Copier and Printer Products
Corks
Crayons
Dehumidifier
Disks (Computer)
Driveway Sealer
Drywall/Sheetrock
DVD
Egg Cartons
Eye Glasses
Fertilizers
Floppy Disk
Flower Pots
Fluorescent Light Bulbs and Ballasts
Food Donation
Febreze
Freezer
Furniture
Gasoline
Hearing Aides
Household Cleaners
Housewares
Ink-Jet Cartridges
Juice Boxes
Junk Mail
Light Bulbs
Magazines
Medals (marathon, half-marathon)
Medical Waste
Medications
Mercury
Microwaves
Motor Oil
Motor Oil and Gas Mixtures
Oil Filter
Packing Peanuts
Paint
Paint Thinners
Pallets
Paper Shredding
Pesticides
Phone Books
Plaster
Plastic Bags
Plastic Cups
Plastic Food Storage Containers
Plastic Grocery Bags
Polystyrene Cups
Pool Chemicals
Pots and Pans
Prescription Drugs
Propane Tanks
Refrigerator
Reusable Water Bottles
Scrap Metal
Shingles
Shoes
Smoke Detector
Sneakers
Stretch Film
Styrofoam/Styrofoam Peanuts
Televisions
Textiles
Thermometers
Thermostats
Tires
Toys
Tyveck Envelopes
Vehicles
Video Tapes
Yardwaste