Resources
Items that can be recycled
General
- Newspapers
- Magazines, catalogs, phonebooks
- Tin and aluminum cans
- Plastics #2 - local recycle center
- Plastics #1,3,4,5,6,7,other - can be taken to Hannafords supermarket.
- Glass bottles and jars
- Cardboard
- Batteries: auto batteries can be returned to most automotive stores. Rechargable batteries can be returned to selected stores like Radio Shack.
- Motor oil: Contact local repair shops. Some use it as fuel in their oil waste burners, otherwise can be added to their supply to recycle.
- Stoves, refrigerators and other appliances.
- Yard and Garden waste: Can be composted. Otherwise contact your local town for more information.
- Wood Ash: Contact your local recycle center.
- CDs and DVDs: CD Recycling Center of America
- Shoes: Soles4Souls
- Eyeglasses: See http://www.ehow.com/how_9169_recycle-eyeglasses.html
- Foam packaging: You try contacting local postal stores that have UPS stations or local companies that do a lot of packaging. Otherwise, see http://www.epspackaging.org/info.html
- CFL lights:
- Cars, boats, ATVs etc:
- Clothing, jeans: Donate to Goodwill or Salvation Army. Twenty-five things to do with old jeans
- Paint - see paint recycling 101
- Any brand of computer (desktop and tower)
- laptop
- cords
- keyboard
- mouse
- monitor
- scanner
- printer
- fax machine and parts
- for more information...
Other resources
Safe Lawns Foundation
National Coalition Pesticide-Free Lawns
Maine Recycles
Earth 911
