Household Recycling

The easiest kind of recycling is reusing or re-purposing everyday household items. Instead of throwing unwanted goods into the trashcan, consider other ways to recycle them like donating, selling or using them for a different purpose. Recycling household items is a great way to save money and help the environment.

• Gather all household items you no longer have a need for and have a yard sale. What you view as trash someone else could find very valuable. If you don’t want to go through the hassle of setting everything out and waiting for yard sale shoppers, consider donating them to the local Salvation Army or Goodwill store.
• Donate your used books to a nursing home, orphanage, hospital or any facility for that matter where they may not be able to make books available.
• Re-purpose any item you can to give it a second life. Use cereal boxes as coloring sheets for kids, coffee cans as storage containers or old CDs as drink coasters. If you can’t find a new job for an old item, do your best to get it to a recycling plant. If everyone worked together, we could significantly decrease the volume of recyclables clogging our landfills; do your part to save the planet.
  • • Save the Styrofoam packing peanuts you receive in packages throughout the year and recycle them at a local shipping and packing store; they’ll reuse them instead of sending them to the landfills.
    • Another great way to recycle your household waste is to make a bird feeder out of milk and juice cartons. Not only are you keeping items from going to a land-fill but your helping feed Mother Earth’s beautiful creatures!
    • Dispose of old paints, batteries, motor oil and any other hazardous materials at a local waste service center. These compounds can be dangerous to soil and groundwater if dumped, so it’s important to dispose of them properly. Contact your town’s waste management to arrange for an appointment to drop off these materials.