How to Prepare for Your Recycling Pick Up
Preparing for your pick up is easy...
Check What We Take
Check our list to make sure we recycle your items. (we don't take TVs, microwaves or large appliances)
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Have just one item? Maybe check your cupboards for cables, cords, gadgets, old phones or loose doodads.
Remove Soft Plastics
We're not plastic recyclers. so have to find someone to take anything we receive.
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Cords and cables must be removed from the plastic bag. Remove all styrofoam from any other products.
Wipe Your Items
We handle everything by hand and so wear the dirt with it. We appreciate it if you give things even a quick wipe!
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Wiping down items to remove dust, dirt and cobwebs. It helps keep toxins off our clothes and out of our lungs.
Box in Cardboard
Box all items in cardboard only as our facilities are too rough on plastic or other types of boxes.
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Don't have cardboard? No problem! We often bring buckets and leave the boxes or bags behind.
Unlock from the Cloud
Often items can be reused once the data is deleted. But, not if they are locked to your cloud account.
If you remove your phone or tablet from your cloud account, then reset it, it can be reused. Here's instructions.
Leave on Your Doorstep
To ensure your items aren't taken, leave them on your property, protected from rain, on your front doorstep, with a note, "for Lisa & Adrian".
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We never pick up from the verge. See our FAQs for more information.
Have x-rays and film to recycle? Here's how to prepare:
Remove any plastic bags, paper envelopes or plastic containers and place them in a box or paper bag. Keep in mind we do not recycle plastic bags or soft plastics of any kind so won't be able to take them.
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Need to place them in a plastic bag to protect them from rain? We'll bring buckets to take the film and leave the plastic behind.
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Wondering why we left your items?
If an item is left out that we can't recycle, we'll simply leave it behind.
There are logistical, safety and legal reasons why we can't take some of those items. The ones on our list are what we're able to accept.
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Why should I box things if you leave the cardboard boxes?
The cardboard boxes helps keep small items together. It also protects your items from being stolen, crawled into by bugs, rained on or peed on by animals.
​We bring reusable buckets with us as we have to pay to recycle paper and cardboard. However, we sometimes run out of buckets and so having the cardboard as a back up is also useful.
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