Items you can send to the landfill:
6-pack rings (please cut) Auto Glass Binders (plastic) Carbon paper Children’s toys Cosmetic Containers Cotton Balls Computer Disks Contaminated Paper Deodorant Casing Diapers Drinking glasses Feminine Products Foam (all types) Food and snack waste Hangers (dry cleaners will take back hangers) Hardbound books Hoses Ice cream wrappers Laminated items Leather Light bulbs (no fluorescent) Liquids (non-food) |
Metal Cable wire Metallic wrapping paper Mirrors Nylon Packing peanuts (or take to a shipping store) Paper clips Papers used for cleaning (soiled) Pencils with erasers Pet feces Photographs Plastic plants Plastic bags (or recycle at grocery stores) Plastics (unmarked with #1-#5) Polystyrene q-tips Rawhide Records, tapes, cds Report covers (plastic) |
Rubber bands Rubber/neoprene Rugs/mats Shoes (unwanted or can’t be donated) Shower curtains, liners Sponges Straws, Stir sticks (plastic) Stuffed animals, toys Styrofoam Tape Tempered Glass (Corning, Pyrex) Textiles Toothpaste tubes Transparencies, microfilm, negatives (acetate) Tyvek Utensils (plastic) Vacuum cleaner bags Window Glass Wood (treated) |
Information taken from www.MontereyRecycles.com