Recycling Guidelines

 We require documentation for the following items:

• Air conditioning evaporator coils

• Any materials from a chemical manufacturing facility, refinery, electric utility facility, water intake structure, natural gas facility, gas storage facility, or transportation facility

• Pharmaceutical manufacturing items

• Telecommunications items

• Hospital equipment

• Industrial/commercial equipment that cannot be purchased at a local retail store

• Restaurant equipment

• ATMs

• Any semi parts 

Please bring the following documentation for the items above:

• EPA license

• HVAC license

• Plumbing license

• Contractors license

• Receipt of purchase

• Typed letter from the company it was received from

• State ID card or driver’s license plus valid registration to scrap a vehicle

Please follow these instructions for the specified items:

• Pressurize gas tanks must be de-valved and cut in half.

• All other gas tanks must be emptied and have a large hole cut in them.

• We only accept bike rims, no tires.

• All motors and transmissions must have the pans removed and fluids drained.

• Air Conditioner Compressors must be drained

Items we do not purchase:

• Anything containing glass, wood, mercury, oil and other hazardous chemicals

• Auto wheels with tires

• Ballasts with PCBs

• Batteries

• Beer kegs

• Bicycles

• Boats

• Capacitors

• Catalytic converters

• Christmas trees

• Computers

• Containers with liquids

• Couches

• Dishwashers

• E-waste

• Funeral markers or vases

• Guard rails

• Historical markers

• Manhole covers

• Mattresses

• Microwaves (no capacitors)

• Oil filters

• Railroads and railway equipment

• Refrigerators and freezers with compressors attached

• Safes

• Small green propane tanks

• Stereos

• Street signs, traffic, signs or traffic signals

• Televisions

• Whole vehicles, motorhomes and semi trailers 

Additionally, we ask that you follow these rules while on FMR property:

• Make sure all containers are empty.

• Do not break or remove glass.

• Do not bring or handle hazardous waste.

• Do not clean or sort material. 

• Do not leave trash on or around the property entrance. This includes the red brick building on the corner.

• Grocery carts are not permitted.