| REUSABLE | COMPOSTABLE | |
| Old clothes | all food waste except meat, fat, citrus rind | |
| Jars | Newspaper | |
| Plastic and paper bags | Paper | |
| Plastic containers | Dirt and Soil | |
| Boxes | ||
| Old furniture | RECYCLABLE - SHORT TERM | |
| Used appliances | Newspaper | |
| Magazines | Cardboard | |
| Plastic silverware | Magazines and Catalogs | |
| Egg cartons | Brown paper bags | |
| Broken toys (can be fixed) | Office paper | |
| Odds and ends (for craft projects) | Colored paper | |
| Scrap lumber | Computer printout paper | |
| Cloth scraps (for rags) | File folders | |
| RECYCLABLES - LONG TERM | HARD TO REUSE, COMPOST, OR RECYCLE | |
| Used motor oil | Toothpaste tubes | |
| Aluminum (made from bauxite ore mined out of the ground) | Plastic packing materials | |
| Metal cans (made from various minerals mine out of the
ground) | Paper napkins and paper towels | |
| Glass (made from sand which is mined from sand dunes and deposits) | Dental floss | |
| Copper (made from copper mined out of the ground) | Cat litter | |
| Plastic (made from oil) | Metal Containers | |
| Car and household batteries (made from several mined metals) | Plastic | |
| Appliances that cannot be repaired (made from several materials) |