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Identification: Commonly found in a variety of paper products, mixed paper can be identified by its ability to rip or tear.

Identification: Commonly used to make boxes, corrugated cardboard can be identified by its brown hue and multi-layer corrugation.

Identification: Rinsed #1 (PET) bottles including beverage bottles, salad dressing bottles, etc.   Rinsed #2 (HDPE) jugs with necks and screw tops including milk and detergent jugs.

Identification: Plastic grocery bags are inexpensive bags you may receive at grocery stores, convenience stores, and other retail outlets.

Identification: Commonly used as beverage containers, aluminum cans are identified by their metallic sheen and are not magnetic.

Identification: Commonly used for food storage, steel cans are identified by their metallic sheen and are magnetic.

Identification: Aluminum scrap, brass, copper, stainless steel, radiators, lead, tin, cables, appliances, etc.

Identification: Electronics are everywhere – smartphones, televisions, DVD players, computers… anything with a circuit board is an electronic device.

Identification: Household Batteries include common household batteries of all types, including alkaline, carbon-zinc, lithium, mercury, silver oxide, rechargeable and more.

Identification: Vehicle Batteries include batteries from cars, trucks, recreational vehicles, ATV’s, motorcycles, and snow machines. The most common are lead-acid batteries, but they include newer technologies such as lithium ion, lithium polymer.

Identification: Fluorescent light tubes are widely used in homes and businesses. They contain toxins and need to be disposed of properly.

Identification: Light Bulbs including compact fluorescent bulbs, LED bulbs, and incandescent bulbs illuminate the world around us but many contain toxins and need to be disposed of properly.

Identification: Gently used and clean clothing and shoes

Identification: Household items run the range from dishes, to lamps, to toys, to furniture.

Identification: Prescription glasses, reading glasses, sunglasses, and children’s glasses with plastic and metal frames. 

Identification: Paints, oils and other chemicals are considered household hazardous waste. They may be toxic and should not be put in regular trash.

Identification: Commonly used as a means to cook or fry foods, it is an animal or plant-based oil that is no longer fit for human consumption.

Identification: Commonly used as food and beverage containers, glass is identified by its transparent nature and is heavier than plastic. There is currently no place to recycle glass in Fairbanks.

Identification: Junk vehicles are automobiles that are no longer functional, usable, or wanted by their possessors.