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. Just click on the letter your item begins with and scroll down from there. There is also a table below with broad categories to help you. 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 Packets
• 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
• Halogen Lamps
• 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
• 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 & Oil Based Paints
• 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