Aerosol Cans

Aerosol Cans

Recycling aerosol cans depends upon whether the container is empty or still has liquid in it. If the product is empty, you can put it in the bin designated for steel or aluminum at your local recycling facility or curbside program. If the can is still full, contact your local recycling facility about disposal options.

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    Visitors to Yellowstone National Park are encouraged to carry bear-deterrent pepper spray on their hikes, but with no recycling options, the spray cans from the park’s millions of annual visitors were ending up in landfills.

    Now Yellowstone Park and its partners have launched a recycling program for bear spray canisters with collection sites at the park and in the greater Yellowstone area, including national forests, Gallatin Field Airport and retail outlets like REI.

    The collection program accepts both used and full, unused canisters of bear spray. Unused spray cans often end up in the garbage because they are not allowed on a … read more

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