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Styrofoam
HOUSEHOLD Batteries
Styrofoam
Where it can be recycled:
Drop off at the entrance of the Main DSWA Recycling Center in New Castle, DE
Recycle Mon - Fri during regular business hours. and ALSO OPEN ON SATURDAYS!
Remember! Wash all food residue off with soap and water!
Motor Oil
HOUSEHOLD Batteries
Styrofoam
Where it can be recycled:
Drop off at the entrance of the Main DSWA Recycling Center in New Castle, DE
Recycle Mon - Fri during regular business hours. and ALSO OPEN ON SATURDAYS!
Also, some other DSWA drop-off locations throughout the state. recycle motor oil. (ex. shopping centers and municipal buildings) Always check first via link above.
HOUSEHOLD Batteries
HOUSEHOLD Batteries
Electronic Goods Recycling
Where it can be recycled:
Drop off at the entrance to the Main DSWA Recycling Center in New Castle, DE
Recycle Mon - Fri during regular business hours. and ALSO OPEN ON SATURDAYS!
Also, some other DSWA drop-off locations throughout the state. recycle household batteries (ex. shopping centers and municipal buildings). Always check first via link above.
Electronic Goods Recycling
Electronic Goods Recycling
Electronic Goods Recycling
Where it can be recycled:
Drop off at:
- Main DSWA Recycling Center in New Castle
- Collection Site in Dover
- Georgetown Landfill
Recycle Mon - Fri during business hours. ALSO OPEN SATURDAYS!
Visit the DSWA Programs Page to find the exact locations and times and what items are and are not included in "electronic goods" recycling.
(ex. of allowed items: computers, phones, laptops, gaming devices, microwaves vacuums and more!)
Paper Shredding
Electronic Goods Recycling
Paper Shredding
Where it can be recycled:
At DSWA specialty recycling events throughout the month at various places around the state.
Always 1st Mon, Fri & Sat, of each month
Visit the DSWA Programs Page for dates and times at the location nearest you.
Latex Paint
Electronic Goods Recycling
Paper Shredding
Where it can be recycled:
At DSWA specialty recycling events throughout the month at various places around the state.
Always 1st Mon, Fri & Sat, of each month
Visit the DSWA Programs Page for dates and times at the location nearest you.
Plastic BAGS & OTher plastic FILMs
Plastic BAGS & OTher plastic FILMs
Plastic BAGS & OTher plastic FILMs
Where it can be recycled:
Many grocery stores, superstores & clothing stores in Delaware (Including many ACMEs, Walmarts and Kohls) have a recycling bin in their store specifically for plastic bags and other kinds of plastic film through a non-profit called Plastic Film Recycling.
Find out what kinds of plastic bags & films are recyclable in these bins.
Find the location closest to you on their Drop off Location page.
(NOTE: Because of Covid 19 precautions, plastic film recycling bins may be temporarily removed from some stores. Update: As of 4/18/21, many plastic film recycling bins have been returned to stores!)
disposable contact blister packs
Plastic BAGS & OTher plastic FILMs
Plastic BAGS & OTher plastic FILMs
Where it can be recycled:
Terracycle has drop off bins at select eye care stores throughout the state.
This is a program of Bausch and Lomb, but they WILL take contacts and blister packs from any contact brand.
Wire hangers
Plastic BAGS & OTher plastic FILMs
Burts BeeS Products
Where it can be recycled:
Dry Cleaners will often take wire hangers and reuse them for their future clients. Stop by your local dry cleaner to see if they are interested. (Sunshine Cleaners in Hockessin definitely does.)
WILL take: Wire hangers
Will NOT take: Plastic hangers, wood hangers, felt hangers
Burts BeeS Products
Clothing & REusable Household items
Burts BeeS Products
Where it can be recycled:
As a Terracycle member, BTB has special permission to collect the Burts Bees Products shown above and send them back to Burts Bees to recycle them!
Contact us if you use Burts Bees products and would like to be involved.
CD recycling
Clothing & REusable Household items
Clothing & REusable Household items
Where it can be recycled:
(Warning! This one takes a LITTLE time, effort & money, but is really rewarding!)
Through the CD Recycling Center of America, you can recycle both CDs, DVDs and their plastic cases.
They do an amazing job of recycling every part of the CD and case. However...
1. They request that you pre-separate the CDs from the plastic cases before shipping them.
2. There is a processing fee and you have to pay for your own shipping. (You can get a discounted shipping fee if you ask to send the CDs via "media mail".)
So, unfortunately sending them is a bit pricey. But for use after a one-time huge cleanout of all your old CDs and DVDs, it is well worth it to know you have kept all those old CDs and DVDs and their cases out of the landfill!
Clothing & REusable Household items
Clothing & REusable Household items
Clothing & REusable Household items
Where it can be donated:
Friendship House Clothing Bank - Donate gently used clothing (Provides FREE clothing to the local community.)
Goodwill - Store locations for clothing and household items
Salvation Army - dropbox locations for clothing and small household items
Habitat for Humanity Restore - Store locations for household items, furniture and building materials
Bras & Bucks: Free The Girls - Takes gently used bras. (Supports sex trafficking survivors.) You can donate on your own (you pay the shipping fee) or contact us about the next Bra Drive in your area.