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  1. Edie Majewski

    posted on August 1st, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    We have several hundred old vcr tapes (store bought movies and home taped movies) that we need to dispose of, located in Mason County. Would like to donate to an organizaation such as ACT in Missouri, but need help finding such an organization in MI.

  2. Edie Majewski

    posted on August 1st, 2011 at 8:14 pm

    Continuing previous comment - If nothing like this in MI, where can we take the tapes to be disposed of? We cannot afford to ship this many tapes. Thank you

  3. Carly Goldberg

    posted on August 12th, 2011 at 6:36 pm

    We have a home toxics drop-off center in our county and get dozens of gasoline and antifreeze containers. We're trying to figure out where to recycle the containers since normal recycling plants don't take them due to the gas/antifreeze residue on the inside of the container. Please help! (email= goldbergc@ewashtenaw.org). Thanks!

  4. Earth911

    posted on August 14th, 2011 at 5:01 am

    Hey Carly - So are you running the HHW center and need to find out what to do with these?

  5. Carroll Kellum

    posted on September 13th, 2011 at 11:50 am

    how do you recycle new high efficiency light bulbs with mercury in them.

  6. Earth911

    posted on September 13th, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    Hi Carroll - Just type in "CFL" in the green box at the top of the story and your zip code, and we'll tell you any retail drop-off locations or mail-back programs you can utilize. It's great you want to recycle them, as mercury pollution prevention is a must! Thanks

  7. Rose Owens

    posted on October 20th, 2011 at 5:53 pm

    how do you recycle encyclopedia set or other reference sets.

  8. Linda Kimmel

    posted on January 12th, 2012 at 8:32 pm

    ask a behavioral health counselor near you....I work with kids who DO NOT have the money to have laptops, computers, internet access, kindles, etc. but love reading and research. Maybe ask at an agency like Catholic Social Services, or Lutheran Child and Family Services. Need to find someone willing to cart the books to a drop-off/pick-up point, but it worked for my encyclopedia.

  9. John Leitner

    posted on November 19th, 2011 at 4:49 pm

    We have a 35 inch tv to let go of - where can we recycle it or dispose of it around Grand Haven? The local Best Buy will only take up to 32 inch tv's.

  10. Earth911

    posted on November 21st, 2011 at 4:45 pm

    Hi John, Did you use the green recycling search box at the top of this page?

  11. Bill DeMarse

    posted on January 1st, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    The First Christian Reformed Church recycles them but not till the spring. I have one that I need them to recycle. You can call them to see when it is if you can wait. Happy New Year!

  12. Wendy Klunder

    posted on December 11th, 2011 at 9:22 pm

    Looking to recycle school milk cartons.

  13. Brad Gibbs

    posted on December 12th, 2011 at 4:05 pm

    I'm about to throw my old freezer along the side of the road. I called Michigan DEQ, my city garbage hauler, waste management, checked the internet, and called a couple of HVAC businesses to try to get the freon removd from my old freezer. My freezer is too small for the DTE program and NOBODY in this entire state knows how to get it removed. How the hell can I do it legally?

  14. Thomas Wall

    posted on January 9th, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    Fiberglass pools can they be recycled?

  15. Anita Selby

    posted on February 15th, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    I am getting ready to move and have lots of different building supplies I would like to donate, if I can find a place. I have called Habitat for Humanity and I was told they wouldn't pick some of the items up. It would be easier for an organization to come and pick all the things that I have rather then having to take 2 0r 3 loads in my truck. Does anyone have a place in need in the Livingston county area?

  16. Liesl A. Schick

    posted on April 9th, 2012 at 4:11 pm

    We are replacing our floor and the sheet vinyl is coming up really easy. We would love to take to a recycling center- are there any in MI where we can take it?
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23 Archived Comments

  1. Anna Sjogren

    posted on January 7th, 2009 at 11:25 am

    looking for a place to recycle my old AA, AAA, C, D batteries…I’m in Michigan’s UP and go to Green Bay, WI quite often…..is there a place close by….without having to send thru parcel post?

  2. ken

    posted on February 19th, 2009 at 12:09 pm

    Have newspaper, magazines and cardboard. looking for a place in gratiot county michigan that will take these items.

  3. Shirley

    posted on December 12th, 2009 at 9:33 pm

    the Boy Scouts collect papers and magazines, they get paid by the ton. they usually have a trailer as a drop off site

  4. Princilla

    posted on December 26th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    I’m looking for a place to take cardboard boxes.

  5. Tracy

    posted on February 11th, 2010 at 9:43 am

    Looking for a place locally in Michigan that I can recycle all my old cassette tapes.

  6. Bill

    posted on February 18th, 2010 at 5:44 am

    Anyone know of a place to recycle blue DOW styrofoam? Looking for a place in or around Kent County.

  7. M

    posted on April 29th, 2010 at 10:17 pm

    Where in michigan do you recycle CFL light bulbs??

  8. frank

    posted on May 1st, 2010 at 1:17 pm

    Place to dispose of CFL’s

  9. David Maurer

    posted on May 25th, 2010 at 3:49 pm

    I just replaced the lamp on my big screen TV. Where can I dispose of the old one in Battle Creek, Mi or near by. Thanks

  10. T Abdu

    posted on July 8th, 2010 at 8:54 am

    Where can we recycle the plastic part of an infant car seat here in Michigan?

  11. Kari

    posted on July 21st, 2010 at 6:51 am

    I want to recycle my laundry detergent bottles. I live in Shiawassee county.

  12. ed

    posted on August 24th, 2010 at 8:07 am

    IS IT POSSIBLE TO RECYCLE VCR VIDEO TAPES IN OR NEAR GRAND RAPIDS, MI? THANK YOU

  13. D

    posted on September 4th, 2010 at 1:03 pm

    This webpage gives info on how to recycle many things we didn’t know we could recycle, like cassette tapes, human hair,

    http://earth911.com/news/2009/12/28/i-didnt-know-that-was-recyclable/

  14. Lynnea

    posted on October 3rd, 2010 at 10:37 am

    For cardboard, we crush it flat and take it to our local grocery store (VGs). Most of the grocery stores have a cardboard recycling bin in the bottle return area.

  15. Noel Caraballo

    posted on October 18th, 2010 at 6:19 pm

    Looking for a place to recycle clean automotive foam cut-off. I know odd request but I can get lot’s of it and wonder if it has recycle value.

  16. david houseman

    posted on November 17th, 2010 at 5:59 am

    looking for a place to recycle an old adding machine and vinyl eavestroughs and gutters

  17. Brian

    posted on December 6th, 2010 at 5:25 am

    Looking for a location to recycle polyehylene foam. Any locations in Eaton County or near by?

  18. Birgitta

    posted on February 25th, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    Macomb County: I am looking for a way to recycle the extra Internet cables and the wires and cables I have left over from a decade worth of new computers and peripherals.

  19. Michele from MI

    posted on March 9th, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    Does anyone recycle Plastic Milk Bottles?

  20. Diana from Aurora

    posted on April 5th, 2011 at 4:09 pm

    Where can you take plastic and Glass to be recycling.

  21. Laura from Milford ZIP 48381

    posted on April 30th, 2011 at 8:47 am

    Does anyone know where to recycle foam egg cartons? I also have large pieces of some sort of hard foam that protected the glass in the boxes that my new porch lights came in. Thanks.

  22. Teresa

    posted on May 12th, 2011 at 11:12 am

    I need to know where to recycle Microwave ovens in or near Lansing MI. I know they contain radioactive material and shouldn’t be put in the garbage dump. We have a recycling center but they don’t know anything about Microwaves.

  23. Kathryn Krajkowski

    posted on May 15th, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    Is there any place in or near Saginaw county to recycle textiles/clothes?

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