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Are you not sure how best to dispose of a particular
item, or if it is allowed to be disposed of as regular trash? This
will eventually become our definitive list for looking up information by
item.
This list will slowly grow with time. If there is
an item you would like to see on this list, let us know at our email
address.
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Item:
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Best way to dispose of:
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May I place in my regular trash?
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Batteries
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Special recycle?
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Glass jars
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Yes*
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Cereal boxes
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Recycle as cardboard
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Yes*
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Junk Mail
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Recycle as paper
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Glossy magazines and fliers
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Recycle as paper! (A few staples are
acceptable too.)
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Yes*
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Watermelon rinds
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Compost! (Or better yet, feed them to your
chickens! The same is true of carrot ends, too old peas, and any
other vegetable waste)
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Yes*
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4 ft. fluorescent bulbs
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Due to Mercury, this must be disposed of
as ‘Universal Waste’, either by taking to a special
collection event or by placing in the correct area at the EMR transfer
station in Southwest
Harbor.
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No**
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Compact fluorescent bulbs
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Contains Mercury. Same rules as for
4 ft. bulbs.
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No**
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Chicken bones
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Regular trash. Don’t compost
meat.
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Yes
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Tires
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Old bicycles
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Tree branches and stumps
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Yes* indicates that while an item may go in the regular trash, we would
prefer to see you dispose of it by another means, such as recycling or
composting.
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