What Do I Do With...

This page is designed to help you properly dispose of anything and everything. There are over 350 items listed alphabetically. There is a table below with broad categories. You can also type a word into the search bar. If you can't find your item on this page please call the Solid Waste District Office at (413) 772-2438 (MA Relay for the hearing impaired: 711 or 1-800-439-2370 TTY/TDD) or email us and we will do our best to answer your questions.

What Do I Do With...?

• Acid
• Adhesives
• Aerosol Cans
• Air Conditioners
• Air Pillows (packaging material)
• Alkaline Batteries (Duracell, Eveready, Energizer, etc.)
• All-Purpose Cleaner
• Aluminum (Cans & Foil & "Disposable" Pans)
• Aluminum Siding
• Ammonia
• Ammunition
• Animal Feed Bags / Birdseed Bags / Pet Food Bags
• Animals (dead)
• Answering Machines
• Appliances
• Asphalt/Asphalt Shingles
• Batteries
• BB Gun Pellets
• Beer and Soda Cartons
• Beverage Containers
• Bicycles
• Biodiesel
• Birds, dead
• Birdseed Bags / Animal Feed Bags / Pet Food Bags
• Blacktop (Asphalt)
• Blueprint Paper
• Boats
• Boilers
• Bookcase
• Books
• Bottle Caps and Lids
• Bottles (empty)
• Bowls (metal, glass, ceramic, or plastic)
• Box Springs
• Boxes / Boxboard
• Brake Fluid
• Branches
• Bricks
• Brochures & Booklets
• Broken Glass
• Brown Envelopes
• Brush
• Bubble Wrap
• Buckets
• Bug Spray
• Building & Remodeling Materials Construction & Demolition Debris
• Bulky Waste
• Bullets
• Bureaus
• Butane Lighters
• Button Batteries
• Cabinets
• Calculators
• Cameras
• Canning (Mason) Jars
• Cans (Steel [tin-coated] and Aluminum)
• Caps
• Carbon Monoxide Detector
• Carbon Paper
• Carburetor Cleaner
• Cardboard (corrugated and boxboard)
• Cardboard Tubes from Paper Towel and Toilet Paper Rolls
• Cards
• Carpeting & Rugs (Area Rugs, Carpet with or without padding)
• Cars
• Cassette Tapes and Cassette Tape Boxes
• Catalogs & Magazines
• CCA-Treated Wood (pressure-treated)
• CDs and CD Trays
• Cell Phone
• Cement
• Cereal Boxes
• Charcoal
• Chemistry Kit
• Chinaware
• Chlorine Bleach
• Christmas Tree Lights
• Christmas Trees
• Cigarette Lighters
• Cinder Blocks
• Clapboards
• Clasp Envelopes
• Cleaners
• Clothing
• Coal Ash
• Coat Hangers
• Colored Glass Bottles
• Compact Disks and Compact Disk Trays
• Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
• Computer Disks
• Computer Monitors
• Computer Peripherals (including speakers)
• Computers (CPUs)
• Concrete
• Construction and Demolition Debris
• Construction Paper
• Containers
• Cooking Oil
• Cooking Oil Bottle (empty)
• Cookware
• Copy Machine
• Copy Paper
• Copy Paper Wrapper
• Corks
• Cosmetics Containers
• Couch
• Crayons
• Creosote (from woodstoves)
• Creosote Sealer
• CRTs & TVs
• Cups
• Degreaser
• Dehumidifier
• Detergent Bottles
• Diapers
• Diesel Fuel
• Dirt
• Dishes/Dishware
• Dishwasher
• Disinfectant
• Disposable Dishes & Utensils
• Disposable Food Containers (Lunchables, etc)
• Doors
• Drain Cleaner
• Drink Boxes (empty)
• Drinking Glasses
• Dry Cleaning Bags & Hangers
• Dryer
• DVD Player
• DVDs
• E-Cigarettes
• Egg Cartons
• Electronics
• End Table
• Engine Degreaser
• Envelopes
• Epoxy
• Explosives
• Eyeglasses
• Fabric
• Facial Tissue
• Fax Machine
• Fencing (metal)
• Fencing (wood)
• Fiberglass Insulation
• File Folders
• Film Canisters
• Fire Extinguisher
• Fireworks
• Fishing Weights (lead)
• Flags
• Flammable Liquids
• Flares
• Flea Killer/Flea Shampoo
• Fliers
• Flooring
• Fluorescent Bulbs, including compact fluorescent lights (CFLs)
• Foam Insulation Tanks (2-part compound)
• Food
• Freezer Packs
• Freezers
• Freon
• Fruit Snack Pouches
• Fungicide
• Furniture
• Furniture Polish
• Futons
• Garden Hose
• Gas Treatments
• Gasoline
• Gift Wrap
• Glass
• Glass Bottles
• Glossy Paper
• Grass Clippings
• Grease
• Greeting Cards
• Grocery Bags
• Guns
• Gypsum (Sheetrock)
• Halogen Bulbs
• Hazardous Waste
• Health Care and Personal Care Products
• Hearing Aids
• Helium Tanks
• Herbicide
• HID Lights (Sodium, Mercury, Metal Halide)
• Holiday Lights
• Hot Tub
• Hypodermic Needles
• Ice cream Cartons
• Ice Packs
• Incandescent Light Bulbs
• Inflatable Packaging
• Inhalers
• Ink Cartridges
• Inner Tubes (only with tires)
• Insecticide
• Insulation
• Insulation Board (extruded polystyrene)
• Joint Compound
• Juice Bottles (glass and plastic)
• Juice Boxes
• Juice Cans (metal)
• Juice Concentrate (Frozen) Containers
• Junk Cars
• Junk Mail
• Kerosene
• Kitchen/Dining Tables
• Kitty Litter
• Kitty Litter Buckets
• Kleenex
• Latex Paint
• Laundry Detergent Bottles
• Laundry Detergent Boxes
• Lawn Mowers (Riding & Push)
• Lead Paint Chips
• Leaves/Yard Waste
• LED Light Bulbs
• Lids and Caps
• Lighter Fluid
• Lighting / Light Bulbs
• Linseed Oil
• Lithium and Lithium-Ion Batteries
• Lottery Tickets
• Loveseat
• LP (Liquid Propane) Tanks
• Lumber
• Magazines & Catalogs
• Margarine Tubs
• Mattresses (all types)
• Medical & Infectious Waste
• Medications
• Mercury (liquid)
• Mercury-Containing Devices
• Metal
• Metal Polish
• Microwaves
• Milk Cartons
• Milk Jugs
• Mineral Oil
• Mirrors
• Mortar
• Moth Balls
• Motor Oil
• Motor Oil Bottles (empty)
• Muriatic Acid
• Needles, Syringes, & other Sharps
• Newspapers (including inserts)
• Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) Batteries
• Nickel-Cadminum (NiCad) Batteries
• No-Pest Strips
• Office Paper (white and colored)
• Oil Filters
• Oily Soil
• Oven Cleaner
• Over-stuffed Chairs
• Overhead Transparencies
• Packing Peanuts & Bubble Wrap
• Padded Envelopes
• Pagers
• Pails
• Paint Cans (empty)
• Paint Thinner
• Paints
• Pallets
• Pamphlets
• Pantyhose
• Paper
• Paper Towels
• Paperboard
• PCB Ballast
• PCB Transformers
• Peanut Butter Jars (plastic or glass)
• Pellet Bags
• Pepper Spray
• Pesticide
• Pet Food Bags / Animal Feed Bags / Birdseed Bags
• Phone Books
• Phones
• Photographic Chemicals
• Photographs
• Pianos
• Picture Glass
• Pizza Boxes
• Plaster
• Plastic Bag, Film or Wrap
• Plastic Bags
• Plastic Furniture
• Plastic Utensils
• Plastic Wrap
• Plastics
• Plates
• Playing Cards
• Plexiglass
• Plywood
• Polyurethane and other Floor & Deck Finishes
• Pool Chemicals
• Post-It Notes
• Posters
• Prescription Drugs
• Pressure-Treated Lumber
• Printers
• Propane Tanks
• Push Lawn Mower
• Radiator Flush
• Radioactive Material
• Rags
• Rags-Oily
• Railroad Ties
• Receipts
• Rechargeable Batteries
• Refrigerant
• Refrigerators
• Rendering (Grease)
• Ribbon
• Riding Lawn Mower
• Rodent Killer
• Roofing
• Roofing Tar
• Root Killer
• Rototiller
• Rust Inhibitor
• Sandwich Baggies
• Satellite Dish
• Sawdust
• Scanners
• Scrap Metal
• Scrapbooking Papers
• Sealant
• Sealed Lead Acid Batteries
• Septic Tank Cleaner
• Shampoo Bottles
• Sharps
• Sheet Glass
• Sheetrock
• Shingles
• Shoes
• Shredded Paper
• Siding
• Sinks
• Smoke Detectors
• Sneakers
• Snowblower
• Soap bottles
• Soda & Beer Cartons
• Soda Bottles
• Solvents
• Soymilk Boxes and Cartons
• Spa
• Spiral Notebooks
• Sporting Goods
• Spot Remover/Solvents
• Spray Paint
• Stains (oil-based)
• Stains (water-based)
• Steel Cans
• Stereos
• Sticky Notes
• Stove
• Street Sand
• Stuffed Animals (toys, not taxidermy!)
• Styrofoam™ (Polystyrene)
• Styrofoam™ Packing Peanuts
• Syringes & Needles
• Tanks
• Television Sets
• Textiles
• Thermometers & Thermostats
• Tiles
• Tin Cans
• Tires
• Tissue Paper
• Toilet Bowl Cleaner
• Toilet Paper
• Toilets
• Toys
• Transmission Fluid
• Transparencies
• Trash Compactor
• Trees & Brush
• Typewriter (old-style metal)
• Typewriter (plastic body)
• Tyvek™ Envelopes
• Upholstered Chair
• Upholstery Cleaner
• Upholstery Polish
• Used Cooking Oil
• Used Motor Oil
• Utensils
• Vacuum Cleaner
• Vacuum Cleaner Dust
• Vape Pens
• Varnish
• Vases
• VCR
• Vegetable Oil (used)
• Vehicles
• Video Cassettes (VHS Tapes)
• Video Game Systems (Gaming Consoles)
• Wallboard
• Washing Machine
• Water Bottles
• Water Heaters (residential)
• Waterbed Mattress
• Wet Paper
• White Goods
• White Paper
• Window Frames (with or without glass)
• Window Glass (out of frames)
• Windshields
• Wine Box Liners
• Wire Hangers (scrap metal)
• Wood
• Wood Ash
• Wood Pellet Bags
• Wood Preservatives
• Wood Strippers
• Wooden Furniture
• Wrapping Paper
• Yard Wastes/Leaves
• Yogurt Containers
• Zinc-Carbon and Zinc-Chloride Batteries
• Ziploc Bags