7/1/12 PRICES ARE FOR
NON-RESIDENTS
RESIDENTS PAY only car tag fee
except for things that say “will cost
ALL”
Acetylene tanks (priced on site)
Aerosol cans
Afghans (for shelters)
Air conditioners ($15)
Alcohol bottles (glass & plastic)
Aluminum windows and doors
(without glass only)
Animal cages for shelters
Animal beds for shelters
Animal toys for shelters
Answering Machines
Aquariums (unbroken)
Art items (pictures, sculpture etc)
Automotive tire rims
Automotive tires ($2, truck $4)
Automotive batteries
Baby High Chairs (unbroken)
Baby Play Pens (unbroken)
Bags (grocery store plastic)
Baskets (wicker unbroken)
Bathroom handicapped equipment
Bathtubs (only old cast iron)
Batteries (all)
Belts (go with clothes)
Beer cans and bottles
Bicycles
Blankets (for shelters)
Boats & trailers
Boom Boxes(priced by the pound)
Book cases (unbroken)
Books (ALL hard and soft cover)
Boots (always needed for shelters)
Box springs (1st Sat Sept)
Bowling balls & bags
Brass always welcome
Bread boxes (reusable)
Bread makers (unbroken)
Brita Filters
Brush (no trash or scraps)
Bubble wrap
Bureaus reusable (Habitat truck)
CDs
Cameras (all)
Camping gear (reusable only)
Canes and Walkers
Canister Sets (unbroken)
Canoes
Cappuccino makers (unbroken)
Cardboard (chipped board too)
Cards GO WITH PAPER NOW
Carriages (clean unbroken only)
Car Seats
Cassette tapes
Cast Iron
Catalogs (GO WITH PAPER)
Cellphones $$ 4 R Veterans
Cereal boxes
Chairs stuffed (1st Sat Sept )
Charcoal grills
Chocolate (volunteers love it)
Christmas decorations (unbroken)
Christmas Trees (real – no tinsel)
Clocks (working only)
Clothing (shelter reusable)
Coats (shelter reusable)
Coffee grinders (unbroken)
Coffee pots (unbroken )
Computers (priced by the pound)
Computer paper
Computer parts
Computer software
Console TV (priced by the pound)
Convection ovens
Cookies (volunteers love them)
Cookie jars (unbroken)
Copper always welcome
Corrugated cardboard
Couches (1st Sat Sept every yr)
Cups (unbroken for shelters)
Cribs (unbroken)
Crutches (metal NO WOOD)
Curtains (for shelters)
DVDs
Dehumidifiers ($15)
Desk accessories (stapler/tape etc)
Desks (if wooden unbroken)
Dishes (for area shelters)
Dishwashers
Dog crates for shelters
Dolls (we dress for sick children)
Dryers
Electric tools (working only)
Electronic equip (priced by pound)
Encyclopedias
Eye-glasses & cases FOR LIONS
Fertilizer spreaders (unbroken)
File cabinets (unbroken)
Fire Extinguishers priced @site
Flowerpots (no seed trays/pots)
Fluorescent bulbs & ballasts
FOOD FOR FOOD BANK
Food Processors (unbroken)
Freezers ($20)
Frozen food packages (clean)
Garbage cans (reusable)
Gas grills $5 (if dismantled 0 cost)
Glass (food & beverage)
Glasses & glass dishes (for shelters)
Gloves and mittens (shelter usable)
Grass clippings NO BAGS
Greeting Cards go with paper now
Gym equipment (working only)
Handicapped Equipment
Hats (shelter usable)
Hazardous Waste (will cost ALL
every other year-check schedule)
Hearing Aids
Helium tanks ($4)
Hibachi grills
High Chairs (unbroken)
Hot water tanks
Hoods (range)
Household items (unbroken)
Hub caps (do you need one?)
Humidifiers (if working only)
Ice skates
Ink jet cartridges $$ 4 R Veterans
Jewelry (unbroken)
Junk mail
Kennels for animal shelters
Keyboards (computer & musicalunbroken)
Kitchen items (unbroken)
Lamps (working only)
Laser cartridges (all sizes from
your computer printers)
Laundry detergent bottles
Lawn chairs & loungers
Lawn mowers
Leaves (absolutely no bags!)
Light bulbs
Magazines & catalogs
Magazines for our Troops
Mattresses (1st Sat Sept)
Memo boards for reuse
Metal scrap
Mice (computer not live!)
Microwaves
Microwave dishes
Microwave trays (reusable)
Milk Bottles
Mixers (unbroken)
Modems
Monitors (priced by the pound)
Movie Screens
Movie tapes & DVDs
Newsprint & inserts
Oars (unbroken)
Organs (if they work) (not human)
Oxygen tanks ($5)
Paint (SEPT/OCT only)
Pallets (unbroken)
Paper
Pasta boxes
Pens and Pencils (for schools)
Plant containers (unbroken)
Plastic (#1 PETE) food beverage
Plastic (#2 HDPE) food beverage
Plastic #5 food beverage
Plastic furniture broken or not
Plastic silverware (forks, spoons etc.)
Plastic totes broken or not
Plastic toys LARGE broken or not
Plastic kiddy pools broken or not
Play Pens (unbroken)
Plywood (no nails- re-useable pieces
only)
Pocket Books (unbroken)
Porcelain stripped $5to$15 will cost ALL)
Reusable can go in Habitat truck
Printers (cost)
Propane Tanks ($4)
Puzzles (with all pieces please)
Quilts (for shelters)
Radio controlled vehicles (working)
Radios
Rag blankets (for animal shelters)
Record Players
Redemption cans/bottles
Refrigerators ($20)
Riding toys (unbroken only)
Rims – automotive
Roller blades-Roller skates
Rototillers
Saws and other tools
Scanners (priced by pound)
Sewing Machines
Sheets & pillow cases (for shelters)
Shelving (unbroken if wooden)
Shoes (even if only one)
Silver scrap always welcome
Silverware (for shelters)
Sinks stripped $5to$15 will cost ALL)
Skateboards & ramps
Skis and Ski boots
Sleeping bags (for shelters)
Sliding glass doors (unbroken)
Sneakers (shelter usable)
Soap in wrappers (for shelters)
Socks (even if only one)
Soda cans and bottles
Soda machines ($20)
Speakers (no wooden please)
Spreaders (unbroken to Habitat)
Stain (not collected until Sept 2012)
Stainless steel always welcome
Stereos
Stoves
Strollers
Stuffed animals (go with clothes)
Styrofoam peanuts and chunks
Styro plates, cups, trays (clean)
Tables (unbroken Habitat Truck)
Tape recorders
Telephones (all)
Telephone Books (go with paper)
Televisions (ALL PAY by pound)
Tents (reusable only)
Thermometers
Thermostats
Tin (steel) cans
Tires $2; larger PRICED ON SITE
Toasters (unbroken only)
Toaster ovens (tell us if broken)
Toilets strip metal/wood $5-$15 all pay
Toner cartridges
Tools (unbroken for Third World)
Toy boxes (unbroken)
Toys (unbroken/clean)
Trains (all)
Trash containers (reusable)
Travel crates for animal shelters
Treadmills (working only)
Trophies (unbroken please)
Tubs stripped $5to$15 will cost ALL)
Umbrella Strollers for Wheels 4 World
VCRs (priced by the pound)
VHS tapes; Video-tapes
Vases (unbroken)
Volunteers (always welcome)
Walkers & canes
Washing machines
Waste baskets
Water heaters
Welding tanks (priced on site)
Wheel chairs
Wicker baskets (unbroken)
Wine bottles; Wine racks; wine
corks too!
Wooden pallets (unbroken only)
Word Processor (priced by pound)
Yard waste including brush
Yarn for Vets Hosp. Afghans
We have maps to
help you
Navigate the
recycling center.
Construction and demo
debris is not accepted. NO
SENIORS OR those with
a DISABILITY in Leicester
BROKEN CONCRETE, NO
SHEETROCK,
PRESSURE
TREATED LUMBER, ETC. pick
up a brochure telling where to
dispose of these items. We do
take reusable plywood scraps (no
nails) extra insulation etc.
WHO CANNOT TRAVEL TO
THE RECYCLING CENTER
DUE TO HEALTH, HANDICAP
OR TEMPORARY ILLNESS
CALL (508) 892-3121
AND ARRANGE FOR A
VOLUNTEER TO PICK UP
ITEMS TO BE RECYCLED.
Materials
NOT Accepted
This does not include bulk
items such as stoves,
refrigerators etc. We will
only pick up regular
recycling items such as
paper, plastic, glass or cans.
NO aseptic containers/juice boxes
NO Blinds for windows please
NO Broken glassware, pyrex etc.
NO Food waste
NO Glass windows and doors
NO Kitchen cabinets
NO Plastic Christmas Trees
NO Rugs or pads
NO Tissues/toilet paper (used)
NO Trash (we are a recycling
center & we pay for trash too!)
NO demolition debris
NO Wooden windows or doors
SEPT 1, 2012
Once a year there is a
“bulky waste” drop off day.
Accepting for a fee: couches,
chairs, mattresses and box
springs 100% RECYCLED.
WILL COST ALL
WE COLLECT FOR THE
FOOD BANK. SO DROP
OFF YOUR ITEMS WHEN
YOU RECYCLE
We collect items for
rehabilitation programs i.e.
mason jars with screw lids,
photo frames, art supplies,
beads, baskets, wine corks and
other things. Ask us.
WE COLLECT FURNITURE,
BUILDING SUPPLIES,
TOOLS, OTHER THINGS
FOR HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY
DID YOUR BELOVED
ANIMAL DIE?
If your animal leaves you for a
better place, remember that you can
donate your left over bedding,
outdoor house, crate, travel box, and
toys to us.
We will make sure that your friend’s
left behind items go to the Central
MA Disaster Animal Rescue Team.
BUT NO FOOD PLEASE DUE TO
RECALLED ITEMS..
HAZARDOUS WASTE
collection every other year
October 29, 2011
& a day in October in 2013
WILL COST ALL
BOOKS: Also collected for
Prisoners in Mass; youth
shelters; area hotels, etc.
Our books may also go to Literacy for
All - an organization that brings
reading materials to those in need in
the United States and the World.
GPS: 200 Mannville Street, Leicester
We are open 1st, 3rd
& 5th Saturday 8-1
IF IT IS NOT ON LIST
ASK US BEFORE TRASHING
IT!
Go to www.leicesterma.org
Click on Recycling Center
YOU NEED A
CURRENT CAR TAG
TO ENTER.