Odds and Ends

From time to time we need to deal with items that we don't usually recycle. Here is a list of items, and what to do with them.

styrofoam

• what to do: break down into small pieces, put in provided bags
• where to take it: Total Reclaim will pick it up, costs us money

plastic film

• what to do: collect clear plastic bags, stretchable,and #2 and #4 grocery bags, in big bags,
• where to take it: take to International Paper, or Recology

light bulbs

• including incandescent, fluorescent and compact fluorescent bulbs
• what to do: collect them in separate boxen, protect them from breaking
• where to take it: Total Reclaim(EcoLightsNW) will pick up, need to let TR know to bring invoice/Haz Waste Manifest, costs us money

scanner bulbs

• if they come in loose, do not remove from scanner
• what to do: store in a cardboard box, cushion the bulbs to prevent breaking, affix "Hazardous" sign
• where to take it: Total Reclaim/Ecolights will pick up, costs us money

ballasts

• what to do: separate potential PCB from Non-PCB by reading the label, ballasts that say non-PCB on the label can be put in the CBM gaylord, all questionable ones should go to Total Recalim
• where to take it: Total Reclaim, need to let TR know to bring invoice/Haz Mat Manifest and container for transport, costs us money

UPS batteries

• what to do: collect enough to fill 5-8 Milk crates
• where to take it: R.S.Davis Recycling will pick up

small appliances

• including refrigerators, microwaves, dishwashers
• what to do (microwaves, dishwasher): send to Metro Metals on the printer scrap pallet
• what to do (refrigerator, dehumidefier, water cooler): send to Total Reclaim, costs us money

wood waste

• what to do: collect enough for a truck run
• where to take it: Far West Fibers, costs us money

Thermostats

• re: older style mercury bearing thermostats/thermometers
• collect in a safe box to prevent breaking
• fill out Haz Mat form from Metro CEG program(to be added)
• take to Metro Hazardous Waste site
• costs us money

thermostats

smoke detectors

• what to do: find out manufacturer
• where to take it: send back to manufacturer
  • manufacturer address usually on the back of the smoke detector, if not, find out if the same manufacturer produces under different lables
  • most common: Kibbe, First Alert, often also labeled UL-United Laboratories
  • As of Feb 2012, this website has addresses of many smoke detector manufacturers:

http://des.nh.gov/organization/commissioner/p2au/pps/ppuwmp/smoke_detectors.htm

oil filled radiators

• what to do: drain the oil out of the plug, store in closed container
• where to take it: housing goes in to steel bin, oil goes to hazardous waste site