Recycle and Reuse where to take items

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1 Recycle and Reuse where to take items By Janae Anderson Girl Scout Gold Award Project Last updated August 2017

2 To view the complete list, it can be found after June 30 th on Elk County Community Recycling Center on Facebook. This list will continue to be updated on a regular basis. Adhesives (on collection dates) Aerosol Cans Air Conditioners (must prove Elk County residency to be free, there is a fee for residents outside of Elk County) Aluminum see Metal Aluminum Cat Food Cans see Pop Cans Aluminum Cans see Pop Cans Aluminum House Siding Antifreeze (on collection dates) Answering Machines Appliances Art Prints see Posters Art Supplies Boys and Girls Club

3 Audio Books see Books Baby Clothes see Clothing Baby Food and Formula Catholic Charities Baby Lotion Catholic Charities Ballasts (Electronic, PCB, non-pcb) Bath Towels see Towels Batteries ATV o Elk County Community Recycling Center o Premier Metal & Recycling, Inc. Car o Elk County Community Recycling Center o Premier Metal & Recycling, Inc. Household (Alkaline, Button Cells, Carbon Air, Lead Acid, Lithium, Lithium Ion, Mercury, Nickel Cadium, Zinc Air o Elk County Community Recycling Center Motorcycle o Elk County Community Recycling Center o Premier Metal & Recycling, Inc. Bedding (new or used in good condition) Bi-Metal Cans Bikes Baby Clothes see Clothes

4 Baby Powder (New) Baby Wipes (New) Baby Monitor New or Very Good Condition o CAPSEA Broken o Elk County Community Recycling Center Blankets see Towels Bleach Blenders Body Lotions see Lotion Body Wash see Soap Bottles, Plastic see Plastic Bottles Books Good Condition o Boys and Girls Club o St. Marys Public Library o Community Nurses (on collection dates) Damaged (Hardback, Paperback, Textbooks) o Elk County Community Recycling Center Audio Books on tape or CDs o Community Nurses (on collection dates) Encyclopedias o Elk County Community Recycling Center Travel Guides o Max 2 years old - Community Nurses (on collection dates) o Older Elk County Community Recycling Center

5 Box Tops Branches (Tree - small branches) Woodbed Corp. Brass see Metal Bread Machines Bulbs see Light Bulbs Bullet Casings Cameras Cans (Crushed or Uncrushed) see Metal Cardboard Corrugated (Boxes) and Paper Board (Food Boxes and 6 pack inserts) Cassettes - Music Community Nurses (on collection dates) Card Stock see Paper Cat Litter (Non-scoopable) Catalogs Car Rims (Aluminum) CDs - Music Community Nurses (on collection dates)

6 CD Players Cell Phones Usuable o CAPSEA Unusable o Elk County Community Recycling Center o Elk County Humane Society Christmas Trees Woodbed Corp. Circuit Boards/Testing Equipment Clamshell Containers see Plastic Bottles Cleaning Supplies Clocks (regular, alarm, radio) Clothing Baby Clothes o Catholic Charities Childrens Clothes (Clothes, Shoes, Boots, Coats, etc.) o Guardian Angel Center Coffee Machines (no glass pots) Conditioner (New Any Size and Unused Trial Sizes) Compressors Cooking Oil (Used Must Be Liquid, no solids or mixes)

7 Copiers (there may be a charge) Copper see Metal Computers Computer Software see Software Corrugated Cardboard (Boxes) see Cardboard Crutches see Medical Equipment Curling Irons Dehumidifiers (must prove Elk County residency to be free, there is a fee for residents outside of Elk County) Deoderant (New) Detergent see Soap Diapers Catholic Charities Diaper Rash Cream Catholic Charities Digital Scales see Scales Dishcloths see Towels Dishwater or Dishwasher Detergent see Soap

8 Drain Cleaners (on collection dates) Dryer Sheets see Soap Dryers see Appliances DVDs St. Marys Public Library DVD Players Electric Can Opener Encyclopedias see Books Envelopes see Paper Eyeglass Cases Dr. Dawn Luvaas Eyeglass Lenses Dr. Dawn Luvaas Eyeglasses Dr. Dawn Luvaas Elk County Eye Clinic Save A Lot Fax Machines Feminine Hygiene Products Files and File Folders see Paper Flags old and worn out American Legion

9 Flammable Liquids (on collection dates) Food Items Nonperishable food items that are not past their expiration date Christian Food Bank Freezers see Appliances Fridge see Refrigerators Fertilizer (on collection dates) Fungicides Furniture (Metal, ex: Metal Office Furniture) see Metal Glasses See Eyeglasses Games see Toys Game Consoles Gas/Oil Mixtures see Flammable Liquids Gasoline see Flammable Liquids Glue (on collection dates) Grass and Grass Clippings Woodbed Corp. Grills Hair Brushes, etc. (New)

10 Hair Dryers Hand Sanitizer see Soap Hand Towels see Towels Hard Drives Herbicides Hot Water Tank Household Cleaning Agents (on collection dates) Ink Cartridges used Staples Insecticides Insulated Wire Invoices see Paper Junk Mail see Paper Kerosene see Flammable Liquids Keyboards Kitchen Towels see Towels

11 Kleenex (New) see Paper Products Lamps (with bulbs removed) Laptops Laundry Detergent see Soap Lawn Furniture (Metal) Lawn Mowers Lead Leaves Woodbed Corp. Lightbulbs CFL and fluorescent (there may be a charge for businesses) o Elk County Community Recycling Center New (any kind) o CAPSEA Lotion (New Any Size and Unused Trial Sizes) Manilla Folders see Paper Magazines Mainframe Computers

12 Medical Equipment Wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, etc. LIFT Medicine New: Adult or Children Tylenol, Cold Medicine, Ibuprofen, Benadryl, First Aid Cream, Band-Aids, Thermometers o CAPSEA Outdate or Unused Over the counter, prescription, prescription patches, prescription ointments, samples, vitamins and medicines for pets. NOT ACCEPTED: Aerosol Cans, Hydrogen Peroxide, Medication from Businesses or Clinics, Needles (Sharps), or Thermometers. NOTE: Inhalers, Ointments, Lotions, and Liquids are only accepted at the Elk County Sheriff s Department o Elk County Sheriff s Department o Johnsonburg Police Department o Ridgway Police Department o St. Marys Police Department Metal anything metal or that has metal in it (ex: bicycle, screen door, chair, etc.) Microwave Ovens Mixers Modems Monitors Motor Oil (Used no mixes) Motors Mouse (Computer)

13 Napkins (New) see Paper Products Newspapers and Inserts Office Paper see Paper Overhead Projectors see Projector Pagers Paint (Oil based, Spray Paint) Pallets Woodbed Corp. Paper New o CAPSEA o Elk County Humane Society Computer Paper Old or Used o Elk County Community Recycling Center Paper Board (Food Boxes and 6 Pack Inserts) see Cardboard Paper Products (New) Paper Towels see Paper Products Paper Towel Rolls Personal Computers

14 Pesticides (Solid and Liquid) Phone Books Phone Cards (used for victims) Phones Pipe Cleaner Plastic Bottles #1 PET Plastic Bottles & Clamshell Containers (clear plastic only black is not accepted at this time) #2 Plastic Bottles #5 Plastic Containers Plastic Plates and Cups (New) see Paper Products Pool Chemicals (on collection dates) Pop Tabs American Legion Pop Cans American Legion Postage Stamps (Unused)

15 Posters Community Nurses (on collection dates) Powdered Metal Scrap Power Cords Elk County Community Recycling Printed Circuit Boards Printers (there may be a charge for large printers) Projector (Overhead) Pumpkins Woodbed Corp. Putty (on collection dates) Puzzles Boys and Girls Club Community Nurses (on collection dates) St. Marys Public Library Radiators Radios Razors (New) Records - Music Community Nurses (on collection dates)

16 Refrigerators Dorm size - Elk County Community Recycling Center (must prove Elk County residency to be free, there is a fee for residents outside of Elk County) Premier Metal & Recycling Remote Controls Rodenticides Rubber Gloves (Disposable) Satellite Dishes Scales (Digital) Scanners Sealers (Roof and Driveway) Sewing Machines Shampoo (New Any Size and Unused Trial Sizes) Shaving Cream (New) Shredded Paper (Bagged) see Paper Siding see Aluminum House Siding

17 Soap (Bar, Liquid, Detergent, Body Wash, etc. - New Any Size and Unused Trial Sizes) (Dawn Dish Soap and any detergent and dryer sheets) Soda Tabs See Pop Tabs Soda Cans See Pop Cans Software Community Nurses (on collection dates) Solvents see Flammable Liquids Spray Paint see Paint Stainless Steel see Metal Stains (oil-based only) Stamps see Postage Stamps Steel see Metal Stereos Storage Bags (New or Very Good Condition) Stuffed Animals (new toys for children birth to 10 years) Project Gifts for Elk County Sweepers Swimming Pool Metal Siding Telephones see Phones

18 Televisions Testing Equipment Thermometers (Mercury) Thinner see Flammable Liquids Toasters and Toaster Ovens Toilet Paper (New SCOTT only, septic safe) Toilet Paper Rolls Toner Cartridges used Staples Towels New or Very Good Condition o CAPSEA Old o Elk County Humane Society Toys New o CAPSEA o Community Nurses (on collection dates) o Toys for Tots Used in Very Good Condition o CAPSEA o Community Nurses (on collection dates)

19 Trash Bags (New) Travel Guides see Books Typewriters (Electric) Umbrellas (New or Very Good Condition) Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) Vacuums see Sweepers Varnish Elk County Community Recycling VCRs Walkers see Medical Equipment Washcloths see Towels Washer see Appliances Water Sealers Water Tank see Hot Water Tank Wheelchairs see Medical Equipment Wipes (Baby) Catholic Charities Wine Corks

20 Wires Wood and Metal Finishing Products (on collection dates) Word Processors VHS tapes St. Marys Public Library Please any additions, changes, or deletions to Updated lists are found on these pages: o Elk County Community Recycling Facebook Page you do not have to belong to Facebook to view this page. o Elk County Community Recycling Center Website: o Premier Metal & Recycling, Inc. Website: o City of St. Marys Website:

21 Boys and Girls Club 19 No. Michael Street (814) CAPSEA P.O. Box 464 Ridgway, PA (814) Catholic Charities Franklin Center 32 S. St. Marys Street, #9 (814) (main #) (814) (secondary #) Christian Food Bank P.O. Box S. Michael Road (814) Elk County Community Recycling Center 850 Washington Street (814) or (814) *** Drive thru Service*** Webite: Elk County Humane Society 1029 E Eschbach Road (814) Website: Elk County Sheriff s Department P.O. Box Main Street Ridgway, PA (814) sheriff@countyofelkpa.com Guardian Angel Center 364 Main Street Kersey, PA (814) Johnsonburg Police Department 100 Main Street Johnsonburg, PA (814) LIFT 503 E. Arch Street (814) Luvaas, Dr. Dawn 123 Center Street (814) Penn Highlands Elk 760 Johnsonburg Road (814) Premier Metal & Recycling, Inc DeLaum Road (814) Website:

22 Project Gifts for Elk County 211 Depot Street P.O. Box 103 Ridgway Police Department 108 Main Street Ridgway, PA (814) St. Marys Public Library 127 Center Street (814) St. Marys Police Department 319 Erie Avenue (814) Staples 690 Shaffer Road DuBois, PA (814) Woodbed Corp DeLaum Road (814) Website: Recycling Dropoff Area located off of West Creek Road