Find out how to reuse or recycle almost anything by clicking on an item in the list below! For a list of local donation and reuse opportunities, you can also use our handy residential Reuse Resources or our reuse webpage for businesses. Prior to using any of the services listed, please contact the organization to ensure that the information provided is still valid.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

A Air conditioner Alarms (smoke) Aluminum cans Aluminum foil Aluminum scrap Ammunition Animals (deceased)Answering machine Antifreeze Appliances (large/ small) Asbestos Asphalt Athletic Shoes Audio cassettes Auto batteries Auto body (automobile) Auto glass (safety)Auto parts	B Ballast (for lights) Bamboo  Bathtub Batteries Beverage containers Bi-metal containers Bicycle Blueprints Boat Books Branches Brick Brown bags Bubble wrap Bullets (ammunition)	C Cactus Camcorder Camera (digital) Camper shell Car Carbon dioxide tank Cardboard (corrugated)Carpet Catalogs CD (jewel) cases Cell phones Cement Clothes hangers Clothing/ cloth Compact disks Computer equipment Computer monitors Concrete Construction & demolition debris Cooking oil Copiers Couch	D Deceased animals Digital camera Dirt Diskettes Drum (55-gallon) Drywall DVD player
E Electronics Envelopes Explosives Eyeglasses	F Fax machines Fire extinguisher Firearms Firewood Fireworks Floppy disks Fluorescent bulbs/ tubes Food waste Furniture	G Gasoline  Glass (bottles and jars) Glass (large quantities) Glass (safety/auto) Glass (window) Grease/ tallow Greeting cards Guns (firearms)	H Halogen light bulbs (not hazardous, place in garbage) Hardcover books Hazardous waste Helium tanks High-intensity Discharge (HID) bulbs Hot water heater HVAC system Hypodermic needles
I Iceplant Incandescent light bulbs (not hazardous, place in garbage) Inkjet/ laser cartridges Ivy	J Junk mail - reduce Junk mail (mixed paper) - recycle	K Kerosene Keyboard	L Lancets (sharps) Landscape waste (yard waste) Laptops Lawnmower Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)-TV LCD-computer monitor Leaves Lighter fluid Lithium batteries Lumber (wood)
M Magazines  Mattress Medications Mercury-containing devices Metal (scrap) Microwave (appliances-small) Mirror Mixed paper Monitors (computer) Motor oil Mouse (computer equipment) Musical instruments	N Needles (sharps) Neon lights/signs Newspaper Ni-Cad batteries NiMH batteries	O Oil (cooking/ grease) Oil (motor oil) Oil filters Oxygen tank	P Packaging peanuts Paint Palm fronds Pallets (wood) Paper Paper shredding service Paperback books Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Pesticides Pharmaceuticals Phone books Photocopiers Plasma TVs Plastics #1-#7 (beverage containers/bottles & jars, tubs & cups) Plastic #6/ polystyrene Plastic #7/polyurethane (soft foam) Plastic bags Plastic film Plastics – other Polystyrene/ plastic #6 Popcorn ceilings Prescription medications Printer Propane tanks
Q	R Radio Railroad ties Rechargeable batteries Rear-projection TVs Refrigerator Reusable goods (donations) Rocks Rugs	S Safety glass Scrap metal Sharps (needles/ lancets/ syringes) Sheet rock (drywall) Shoes Silicon wafers Sink Smoke detectors Space heater Stereo Styrofoam® (plastic #6)Syringes (sharps)	T Tallow/ grease Telephone Telephone books Televisions Textiles (clothing/cloth) Thermometers (mercury) Thermostats Tires Toilet Toner cartridges Trailer Transparencies & flip-frame Treated wood  Tree stump/trimmings Tyvek® envelopes
U	V VCRs Video cassettes	W Washer/ dryer (appliances) Water heater Window glass Windshield (auto) Wire hangers Wood (lumber, scrap)	X
Y Yard trimmings Yucca plant	Z

Can't find the information you're looking for?  Call the Sunnyvale Recycling Program at (408) 730-7262 or email us. 

Another resource for finding organizations that recycle or reuse items is the Center for Development of Recycling (CDR).  CDR provides a searchable data base for recycling in Santa Clara County.  For more information see the CDR web site or call 1-800-533-8414.