This A to Z Guide to Waste Reduction and Resource Handling for Residents offers a simple guide to the issues involved with particular discards, strategies for managing their use, and responsible ways to reduce waste production. In addition, the many recycling and reuse options available for a variety of common products will likely save on disposal costs.
Please contact us for assistance with items not included in this listing. This is not an exhaustive list and we will update and add to it as needed periodically.
*Businesses, Schools and Municipalities: Your access to CVSWMD Hazardous Waste Collections must be scheduled by the Field Programs Coordinator. Please contact the District office for assistance: 802-229-9383.
- Aerosols
- Antifreeze
- Appliances
- Arsenic Treated Wood
- Asbestos
- Aseptic Containers
- Automobiles
- Ballasts, non-PCB
- Ballasts, PCB
- Batteries, automotive
- Batteries, general
- Books
- Boxboard
- Cans, metal
- Cardboard, corrugated
- Carpet
- Catalogs
- Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs)
- Cell Phones
- Cleaning Products
- Clothing/Textiles
- Computer Disks
- Computers (See Electronics)
- Construction Materials
- Copier Toner (see Print Cartridges)
- Copiers
- Electronics
- Eyeglasses
- Fire Extinguishers
- Fireworks/Explosives
- Fluorescent Bulbs/Lamps
- Foil
- Food Products
- Furniture
- Gasoline and Gas-oil Mixtures
- Glass and Ceramics, non-recyclable
- Glass Bottles and Jars
- Hazardous Product Containers, empty or almost empty
- Hearing Aids
- Hypodermic Needles/Sharps
- Junk Cars (see Automobiles)
- Junk Mail
- Kerosene
- Latex Paint
- Lawn Clippings (see Yard Waste)
- Lead Paint Chips, and Wood with Lead Paint
- Lead Sinkers
- Leaves (see Yard Waste)
- Light Bulbs, Incandescent
- Lighting (see Fluorescent Bulbs or Ballasts or Light Bulbs)
- Magazines
- Mercury Products
- Metal, scrap
- Microwave Ovens
- Mothballs
- Motor Oil
- Newspaper
- Oil Filters
- Oil-Based Paint
- Packing Peanuts
- Paint Cans, empty
- Paper
- Paper Bags
- Pesticides
- Pharmaceutical Prescriptions
- Phone Books
- Pizza Boxes
- Plastic Bottles and Jugs
- Plastic Film
- Plastic Grocery Bags
- Print Cartridges
- Propane Tanks
- Rags, clean
- Rags, oily
- Smoke Detectors
- Styrofoam
- Televisions (see Electronics)
- Textiles (see Clothing)
- Thermometers, mercury
- Tires
- Toner (see Print Cartridges)
- Transmission Oil, Gear Oil, Crankcase Oil
- Tyvek Envelopes
- Untreated Wood and Wood Pallets
- VCR/DVD Players (see electronics)
- Wrapping Paper
- Yard Waste
