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City of Hamilton – Public Works
Acceptable Items
Here is a list of things you may have that can be taken to a Community Recycling Centre:
Household hazardous waste
- Abrasive powders
- Aftershave
- Air fresheners in spray cans
- Ammonia-based cleaners
- Anti-freeze
- Auto body filler
- Bathroom cleaners
- Batteries
- Bleach
- Brake fluid
- Bug killer
- Car batteries
- Car cleaners
- Car wax
- Detergents
- Disinfectants
- Drain openers
- Driveway sealer
- Fertilizer
- Fire extinguishers
- Flea collars
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- Floor polish
- Fluorescent light tubes
- Furniture polish
- Gasoline
- Glue
- Herbicides
- Insecticides
- Light bulbs (that are energy efficient)
- Lighter fluid
- Lighters
- Liquid cement
- Medication
- Mothballs
- Motor oil
- Nail polish
- Nail polish remover
- Needles
- Oil filters
- Oven cleaner
- Paint
- Paint stripper
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- Paint thinner
- Perfume
- Pesticides
- Pool chemicals
- Propane cylinders
- Propane tanks
- Rat poison
- Rust removers
- Shoe care products
- Slug bait
- Stain removers
- Syringes
- Thermometers with mercury
- Thermostats with mercury
- Turpentine
- Vitamins
- Weed killer
- Windshield washer fluid
- Wood preservatives
- Wood stain
- Wood varnish
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Leaf and yard waste
- Branches (that are no more than 6 centimeters or 2.5 inches in diameter and no longer than 1.2 meters or 4 feet)
- Christmas trees (with lights, tinsel and ornaments removed)
- Grass clippings
- Hedge trimmings
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- Leaves
- Plants (with the soil removed)
- Tree trimmings
- Twigs (that are no larger then 6 centimeters or 2.5 inches in diameter)
- Weeds
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Containers recycling
- Aluminum foil
- Aluminum trays
- Bleach bottles
- Cardboard cans
- Clear plastic bottles (such as pop and water bottles)
- Clear plastic clamshell containers (such as bakery and fruit containers)
- Coffee cup lids
- Computer paper
- Cough syrup bottles
- Cream cartons
- Dry cleaning bags
- Fabric softener bottles
- Frozen juice cans (with metal ends and a paper tube)
- Glass bottles
- Glass jars
- Household cleaner bottles (such as window cleaner, tub and tile cleaner and hardwood floor cleaner bottles
- Juice boxes
- Juice cans
- Juice cartons
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- Laundry detergent bottles
- Liquor bottles
- Mason jars and lids
- Metal cans (such as tuna cans, kidney bean cans and soup cans)
- Milk cartons
- Nut cans (with metal end and a paper tube)
- Over-the-counter medicine bottles
- Paint cans
- Plastic bottles with #2 in the recycling symbol, or mobius loop (such as mouthwash, hand soap, shampoo and conditioner bottles)
- Plastic bottles with a #1 or #2 in the recycling symbol, or mobius loop (such as ketchup, mustard and relish bottles)
- Plastic grocery bags
- Plastic tubs and lids with #5 in the recycling symbol, or mobius loop (such as large yogurt, sour cream and cottage cheese containers)
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- Polystyrene (Styrofoam) meat trays
- Polystyrene (Styrofoam) takeout containers
- Pop cans
- Refrigerated dough cans (with metal ends and a paper tube)
- Soup boxes
- Spray cans (such as cooking oil, oven cleaner and air freshener cans)
- Spray cans (such as hairspray, mousse and shaving cream cans that are empty)
- Spray cans (such as paint, WD40 and brick cleaner cans)
- Stain cans
- Styrofoam
- Varnish cans
- Vitamin bottles
- Water bottles
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Papers recycling
- Cardboard boxes
- Catalogues
- Cereal boxes
- Coffee takeout trays
- Computer paper
- Cracker boxes
- Dryer sheet boxes
- Envelopes
- Facial tissue boxes
- Flyers
- Frozen food boxes
- Gift bags
- Glossy magazines
- Greeting cards
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- Hard covered books (covers must be removed and put in garbage)
- Junk mail
- Laundry detergent boxes
- Magazines
- Medication boxes
- Newspaper
- Notepads
- Paper egg cartons
- Paper towel rolls
- Phone books
- Pizza boxes (that aren’t greasy)
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- Shoe boxes
- Soap boxes
- Soft cover books
- Sticky notes
- Tissue paper
- Toilet paper rolls
- Toothpaste tube boxes
- Window envelopes
- Wrapping paper
- Writing paper
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Tires (from passenger vehicles with the rims removed and no more than four per day)
Scrap metal
- Aluminum siding
- BBQ frames
- Bed frames
- Bicycles
- Car parts
- Desks (that are made of metal, not wood)
- Door knobs
- Eaves troughs
- Engine parts (with all fluids drained)
- Fence posts
- Fencing
- Filing cabinets
- Golf clubs
- Lawnmowers (with an empty gas tank)
- Light fixtures (but no fluorescent tube ballasts)
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- Nails
- Nuts and bolts
- Pipe fittings
- Pipes
- Porch railings
- Rakes (with non metal parts removed)
- Screen doors
- Screws
- Shelves (made out of metal, not wood or plastic)
- Sinks (that are made of metal)
- Tire rims (from passenger vehicles)
- Tubs
- Wire fencing (that is bundled and tied
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Electronics
- Computers
- Computer monitors
- Digital cameras
- DVD players
- Electronic games
- Fax machines
- LCD TVs
- Pagers
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- Phones
- Plasma TVs
- Printers (toner must be drained or removed)
- Radios
- Scanners
- Stereos
- VCRs
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Wood
- 2x4’s (without any nails, screws, paint or stain)
- 2x2’s (without any nails, screws, paint or stain)
- Wooden logs (that are no more than 30 centimeters or 12 inches in diameter and no longer than 1.2 meters or 4 feet)
Appliances
- Air conditioners (both window-mounted and central air units)
- Dehumidifiers
- Dishwashers
- Dryers
- Exhaust fans
- Freezers
- Fridges
- Furnaces
- Hot water tanks (that are empty)
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- Humidifiers
- Microwaves
- Ovens
- Pool heaters
- Stoves
- Tankless water heaters
- Washers
- Water coolers
- Water pressure tanks
- Water softeners
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