Whitefield Recycling Center

“There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere.”

– Annie Leonard, Greenpeace USA

Reducing waste starts with small choices. Before throwing something out, check whether it can be recycled. Recycling conserves energy, resources, and money.

Accepted Recycling Items

Glass

• Accepted:  Clean jars and bottles only
• Separate by color: clear, brown, green
• Not accepted: light bulbs, drinking glasses, window glass, Pyrex

Tin & Aluminum Cans

• Remove labels and rinse
• Jar lids and aluminum items may also go in the tin can barrels

#2 Plastic

• Clear and colored #2 plastics go in separate outdoor roll-off bins
• Rinse and remove caps/lids

Rigid Plastics

• Clean items
• Accepted:  5‑gallon buckets, plastic lawn chairs, milk/soda crates, landscape trays, coolers, toys, pet carriers, VHS tapes, CD/DVD cases, garbage cans
• Not accepted: garden hoses, PVC, Styrofoam

Small scrap metal.

Returnable Bottles

• Your donation supports local projects.

Mixed Paper

• Must be clean
• Accepted:  paper, envelopes, cereal boxes, junk mail, dairy cartons, paper bags, newspaper, magazines, catalogs, and phone books. 
• Not accepted:: paper towels, tissue, or plastic feed bags.

Corrugated Cardboard–

• Flatten all boxes, remove tape and staples.

Fluorescent Light Bulbs

• May not be broken
• Hand them directly to the recycling attendant.

Rechargeable batteries and obsolete cell phones

• Place in the battery recycle box in the swap shop.
• Accepted battery types: nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride, lithium ion, nickel zinc, small sealed lead, and obsolete cell phones.
• Not accepted::  Leaking batteries

Food Waste Scraps

• Place food scraps in the designated barrels and cover with a thin layer of sawdust
• Accepted: vegetables, grains, bread, pasta, hard cheese, cooked animal products, egg shells, coffee grounds, tea bags, paper coffee filters, and nut shells.
• Not accepted: liquids, raw animal products, paper, metal, or plastic.
• If you want to compost at home instead, the Town offers low cost compost bins and composting education.

Used Clothing

• Place used clothing in the white Impact Apparel bin at Whitefield’s recycle center.
• Acceptable:  Clothing, shoes, purses, bags, ties, hats, sheets and towels.  May have rips, holes, stains or missing parts
• Not acceptable:  wet, smelly or moldy items
• Details on what is acceptable and how clothing is reused are available in our Impact Apparel Brochure

Glasses, sunglasses, hearing aids and working cell phones

• Place in the Lions Club box in the swap shop for reuse.