Eligible Items for Drop-off

List of Eligible Items for Drop-off

Chesapeake Recycles Day events are a great resource to help you safely and properly dispose of recyclable goods and hazardous household waste, shred sensitive documents, and donate personal use electronics. However, due to safety and capacity limitations, there are eligibility restrictions of the type and amount of items you can drop off. Please click each heading below to view a list of eligible items for drop-off at Chesapeake Recycles Day events.

Hazardous Household Waste by SPSA

Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) will collect the following items. Drop-off is limited to 5 gallons of liquid or 75 pounds of solid waste. Visit the SPSA website for a complete list of eligible items.

Cleaning & Home Products

Cooking oil
Drain cleaner
Bleach
Wood and metal cleaners and polishes
Tub, tile, shower and toilet cleaners
Pool chemicals
Oven cleaners
Degreasers

Workshop & Paint Supplies

Adhesives and glue
Furniture stripper
All paint, stains and finishes
Turpentine
Paint thinners, strippers and removers
Photography chemicals
Fixatives

Indoor Pesticides

Household insecticides
Ant and cockroach poisons
Flea and moth repellants
Mouse and rat poisons

Outdoor Lawn & Garden

Herbicides, pesticides and insecticides
Wood preservatives
Fungicides
Fertilizers
Driveway sealers

Automotive Products

Motor oil
Fuel additives
Gasoline
Carburetor and fuel injector cleaners
Air conditioning refrigerants
Starting, transmission and brake fluids
Automotive batteries
Antifreeze
Diesel

Batteries

Rechargeable small sealed lead acid batteries
Rechargeable nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd), Ni-MH, and lithium-ion (Li-ion)
Alkaline and zinc carbon batteries

Items Containing Mercury

Thermostats
Mercury thermometers
Compact fluorescents

Flammable Products

Propane tanks and cylinders
Helium and Freon tanks
Lighter fluid
Aerosol cans
Home heating oil
Kerosene

Goodwill Donations

Document Shredding by Shred-It

Shred-It will collect sensitive personal documents for shredding at Chesapeake Recycles Day events. Shredding of sensitive personal documents is limited to 3 copy paper boxes or 3 paper grocery bags. Please see the following exclusions and limitations:

Plastic bags and oversized boxes will not be accepted.
Only sensitive personal documents will be accepted.
No business or commercial documents will be accepted.
No CDs, non-sensitive materials, magazines, books, notebooks, disks or other items will be accepted.
No shredding will be performed on location. All materials are placed into a secured vehicle to be transported to Shred-It's site and shredded securely.

Recycling