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Topic: Appliances
Description: A device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task, typically a domestic one, for example an electric toothbrush.
Topic: Electronics
Description: Circuits or devices using transistors, microchips, and other components.
Topic: Electronic media
Description: Audio cassettes, VHS tapes, CDs, and DVDs.
Topic: Furniture
Description: Large movable equipment, such as tables and chairs, used to make a house, office, or other space suitable for living or working that are usually made of wood and/or fabrics.
Topic: Mattress
Description: A fabric case filled with deformable or resilient material, used for sleeping on.
Topic: Vehicle
Description: A thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, truck, bicycle, motorcycle, mobility scooter, bus, or cart.
Topic: Glass
Description: A hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda, lime, and sometimes other ingredients and cooling rapidly.
Topic: Wood
Description: The hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber.
Topic: Plastic
Description: A synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, PVC, nylon, etc., that can be molded into shape while soft and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form.
Topic: Hazardous material
Description: Any item or agent (biological, chemical, physical) which has the potential to cause harm to humans, animals, or the environment, either by itself or through interaction with other factors.
Topic: Lab chemicals
Description: Any chemical that's used in laboratory testing and experiments.
Topic: Prescription bottle
Description: A container for prescription medications, usually a small plastic cylinder with a screw cap.
Topic: Prescribed medicine
Description: A medicine that can only be made available to a patient on the written instruction of an authorized health professional.
Topic: Fabric
Description: Cloth or other material produced by weaving or knitting fibers.
Topic: Mercury
Description: The chemical element of atomic number 80, a heavy silvery-white metal which is liquid at ordinary temperatures.
Topic: Bottle
Description: A container, typically made of glass or plastic and with a narrow neck, used for storing drinks or other liquids.
Topic: Jug
Description: A large container for liquids, with a narrow mouth and typically a stopper or cap.
Topic: Tub
Description: A wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc.
Topic: Yard trimming
Description: Leaves, grass clippings, vegetable or other garden debris, shrubbery, or brush or tree trimmings, less than 4 feet in length and 2 inches in diameter, that can be converted to compost humus.
Topic: Yard waste
Description: Leaves, grass clippings, vegetable or other garden debris, shrubbery, or brush or tree trimmings, less than 4 feet in length and 2 inches in diameter, that can be converted to compost humus.
Topic: Paint
Description: A colored substance which is spread over a surface and dries to leave a thin decorative or protective coating.
Topic: Grease
Description: A thick oily substance, especially as used as a lubricant.
Topic: Trash
Description: Discarded matter that goes into a landfill.
Topic: Recycle
Description: Convert (waste) into reusable material.
Topic: Compost
Description: Decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer.
Topic: Metal
Description: A solid material that is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity (e.g., iron, gold, silver, copper, tin, steel,
Topic: Food packaging
Description: The enclosure of food products in a wrapped pouch, bag, box, tray, can, bottle, or any other packaging material with the functions of containment, protection, preservation, communication, utility, and performance.
Topic: Food
Description: Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth.
Topic: Batteries
Description: A container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power.
Topic: Paper
Description: Material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material.
Topic: Pet waste
Description: Feces or feces contaminated material such as kitty litter or wood chips from any household pet but does not include animal carcasses or parts.
Topic: Drop-off recycling center
Description: A lawful collection site for the acceptance by donation, redemption, or purchase of recyclable materials from the public.
Topic: Mold
Description: A fungal growth that causes decay, due to age or damp conditions.
Topic: Recycling Centers
Definition: Generally the function of recycling centers is to collect, process, and remanufacture materials into new products.
Topic: What goes into recycle
Definition: Paper: office, newspaper, and magazine, Cardboard: paperboards and corrugated boxes, Plastic: bottles, jugs, and tubs, Glass: bottles and jars, Metal: aluminum, tin, and steel cans.
Topic: What goes into compost
Definition: Meat, fish, poultry, bones, dairy products (yogurt and cottage cheese, for example), vegetable and fruit trimmings, egg shells, bread, pasta, and coffee grounds, non-shiny food-soiled paper and cardboard like pizza boxes, paper coffee filters, napkins, paper towels, brown paper bags, and paper plates.
Topic: What goes into trash
Definition: Non-recyclable plastic: Plastic bags, toys, film and bubble wrap, plastic utensils, and straws. Polystyrene foam: Foam cups, food containers, and packaging. Household trash: Diapers, pet waste, broken ceramics, plates, and glasses.
Topic: Cooking oil
Definition: Fat of plant, animal or microbial origin, which is liquid at room temperature and is suitable for food use.
Topic: Blade
Definition: The flat cutting edge of a knife, saw, or other tool or weapon.
Topic: Light bulb
Definition: A device used to convert electricity into light, consisting of a source of illumination (e.g. an electric filament or one or more LEDs) enclosed within a transparent or translucent shell, typically having a rounded shape and designed to be fitted into a socket in a lamp.
Topic: Water Heater
Definition: An apparatus usually for heating and storing hot water, which is an example of domestic waste.
Topic: Needles
Definition: A very fine slender piece of metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing or the pointed hollow end of a hypodermic syringe.
Topic: Hypodermic syringe
Definition: A needle used to inject a drug or other substance beneath the skin.
Topic: Spray Paint
Definition: Paint that is contained in an aerosol can for the purpose of spraying onto a surface.