What To Do List - F

This alphabetical list helps you determine the best way to dispose of everyday things. Click an item for instructions on how to dispose, recycle, or drop off your items. Click on the icon for more information.

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Fans: Metal and Plastic
Fast Food Containers
Fax Machine
Fertilizer
Fiberglass Insulation
File Cabinet
File Folders
Filters
Fire Extinguishers
Fireplace Ashes
Fireworks
Flags

Flares
Flooring
Fluorescent Lamps
Food Boxes - see Boxes
Food Scraps
Freezer
Freon
Frozen Food Boxes & Trays
Fuel Tanks
Furnace
Furniture
Fuses

Item	What to do	Handle As	Donate
Fans: Metal and Plastic	If unable to donate, fans are accepted as a large item. Metal fans are collected on recycling week only. Limit of 2 large items per recycling week. Place next to the garbage cart on the recycling day. Please post a sign or write on the item "For Solid Waste". Item will be picked up on next business day after recycling day. Plastic fans are collected on any garbage day. Place next to the garbage cart. Please post a sign or write on the item "For Solid Waste". Limit of 2 large items per garbage day.	Large Item	Donate
Fast Food Containers	See Paper Recycling.
Fax Machine	This item collected on recycling week only. Limit of 2 large items per recycling week. Place next to the garbage cart on the recycling day. Please post a sign or write on the item "For Solid Waste". Item will be picked up on next business day after recycling day. NO COMMERCIAL FAX MACHINES Go to Hennepin County's Green Disposal Guide for commercial information.	Large Item	Donate
Fertilizer	Do NOT place in the garbage cart. This item NOT collected by Solid Waste & Recycling or accepted at the South Transfer Station. Disposal with garbage is prohibited. Items marked Caution, Caustic, Corrosive, Danger, Flammable, Poison, Volatile, or Warning should be considered a hazardous waste product and proper disposal is required. Do NOT place in garbage. Go to Hennepin County's Green Disposal Guide for additional information.
Fiberglass Insulation	Small amounts of fiberglass can be bagged and placed inside the garbage cart. Dry and clean insulation removed during re-modeling can be reused. Fiberglass is accepted at the South Transfer Station. A voucher is required. Vouchers are for Minneapolis Solid Waste & Recycling customers only. See Voucher Program for details. South Transfer will NOT accept insulation that contains asbestos. Insulation that contains asbestos is NOT collected by Solid Waste & Recycling. Asbestos can be hazardous to your health and requires careful removal. For additional information, call: Minnesota Department of Health: (651) 215-0900 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: (651) 297-8685. Go to Hennepin County's Green Disposal Guide for additional information.	Small amount only For Larger amounts, use a Voucher
File Cabinet: Metal or Wood	If unable to donate, file cabinets are accepted as a large item. Metal file cabinets are collected on recycling week only. Limit of 2 large items per recycling week. Place next to the garbage cart on the recycling day. Please post a sign or write on the item "For Solid Waste". Item will be picked up on next business day after recycling day. Wood file cabinets are collected on any garbage day. Place next to the garbage cart. Please post a sign or write on the item "For Solid Waste".	Large Item	Donate
File Folders	See Paper Recycling.
Fire Extinguishers	Do NOT place in the garbage cart. This item NOT collected by Solid Waste & Recycling or accepted at the South Transfer Station. Disposal with garbage is prohibited. Items marked Caution, Caustic, Corrosive, Danger, Flammable, Poison, Volatile, or Warning should be considered a hazardous waste product and proper disposal is required. Do NOT place in garbage. Go to Hennepin County's Green Disposal Guide for additional information.
Fireplace Ashes	This item is compostable and should be double bagged (paper bag or certified compostable plasitc bag) and placed in your organics recycling cart for collection. Residents may also bring compostable items to organics drop-off sites located around the City. If you are unable to participate in the organics recycling program, double bag and place inside the garbage cart. Make sure the ashes have cooled before double bagging.
Fireworks	DO NOT place in the garbage cart. Not collected or accepted by Solid Waste & Recycling or with a voucher at the South Transfer Station. Disposal with garbage is prohibited. Call your local police precinct or 911 for proper disposal. If you find an item that may be an explosive, do not move it--call 911. If the item reads: Caution, Caustic, Corrosive, Danger, Flammable, Poison, Volatile, Warning - this would be an indication that it is a Hazardous Waste product and needs proper disposal. Go to Hennepin County's Green Disposal Guide for additional information.
Filters	Furnace Filter: Place in garbage. Water purification filter: Filters that contain activated carbon may be placed in the garbage. Motor Oil Filter: See Motor Oil & Oil Filters.
Flags	If unable to donate, bag and place inside the garbage cart. American Flag: Do NOT place in the garbage cart. Contact your local American Legion, who dispose of American Flags with respect, and in the proper manner.		Donate
Flares	DO NOT place in the garbage cart. Not collected or accepted by Solid Waste & Recycling or with a voucher at the South Transfer Station. Disposal with garbage is prohibited. Call your local police precinct or 911 for proper disposal. If you find an item that may be an explosive, do not move it--call 911. If the item reads: Caution, Caustic, Corrosive, Danger, Flammable, Poison, Volatile, Warning - this would be an indication that it is a Hazardous Waste product and needs proper disposal. Go to Hennepin County's Green Disposal Guide for additional information.
Flooring	Item accepted at South Transfer Station with a voucher. Vouchers are available to customers of Minneapolis Solid Waste & Recycling, see Voucher Program for details.	Voucher
Fluorescent Lamps: Non-incandescent	Do NOT place in the garbage cart. This item NOT collected by Solid Waste & Recycling or accepted at the South Transfer Station. Disposal with garbage is prohibited. Fluorescent lamps (light bulbs) and high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps, and ballasts from fluorescent lamps are banned from solid waste disposal in Minnesota. This includes other non-incandescent lights such as tubes, circles, u-shape, or compact fluorescent bulbs/lights. Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL) can now be recycled at Menards or Home Depot. Only CFL are accepted. It is illegal to throw CFLs in the garbage due to the presence of a small amount of mercury. For more information on your recycling options, visit www.minnesota.earth911.org or www.pca.state.mn.us . Recycling: Call a nearby retailer or hardware store to see if they accept fluorescent lamps for recycling. Check Xcel Energy's program for participating retailers. For additional informationMinneapolis Mercury PDF or Go to Hennepin County's Green Disposal Guide.
Food Scraps	This item is compostable and should be placed in your organics recycling cart in a compostable bag (paper bag or certified compostable plastic) for collection. Residents may also bring compostable items to the organics drop-off sites located around the City. Fruit and vegetable scraps can be composted in your backyard in a composting bin (see Home Composting for more information). If the above options are not feasible, bag and place inside the garbage cart.
Freezer	This item collected on recycling week only. Doors must be removed for collection. Place next to the garbage cart on the recycling day. Please post a sign or write on the item "For Solid Waste". Limit of 2 large items per recycling week. Item will be picked up on next business day after recycling day.	Large Item	Donate
Freon	Do NOT place in the garbage cart. This item NOT collected by Solid Waste & Recycling or accepted at the South Transfer Station. Disposal with garbage is prohibited. Small freon canisters (the size of a small aerosol can) are accepted by Hennepin County at Hennepin County drop off locations. For larger tanks of freon, call JR's Appliance at (651) 454-9215. Items marked Caution, Caustic, Corrosive, Danger, Flammable, Poison, Volatile, or Warning should be considered a hazardous waste product and proper disposal is required. Do NOT place in garbage. Go to Hennepin County's Green Disposal Guide for additional information.
Frozen Food Boxes & Trays	Do NOT place in organics recyclig cart. Frozen food boxes without a thick plastic lining may be placed in the recycling cart. See Paper Recycling for how to identify if there's a thick plastic lining. If the box has a thick plastic lining or a foil lining, bag and place in the garbage cart.
Fuel Tanks	Do NOT place in the garbage cart. This item NOT collected by Solid Waste & Recycling or accepted at the South Transfer Station. Disposal with garbage is prohibited. Check the Yellow Pages under "Tanks". Items marked Caution, Caustic, Corrosive, Danger, Flammable, Poison, Volatile, or Warning should be considered a hazardous waste product and proper disposal is required. Do NOT place in garbage. Go to Hennepin County's Green Disposal Guide for additional information.
Furnace	Item accepted at South Transfer Station with a voucher. Vouchers are available to customers of Minneapolis Solid Waste & Recycling. See Voucher Program for details.	Voucher
Furniture	If unable to donate, furniture can be accepted as a large item. Not Metal: Items that are less than 50% metal. Place the item next to the garbage cart on garbage day. Please post a sign or write on the item "For Solid Waste". Limit of 2 large items per garbage day. Metal: Items that are more than 50% metal are collected on recycling week only. Place the item next to the garbage cart on the recycling day. Please post a sign or write on the item "For Solid Waste". Limit of 2 large items per recycling week. Item will be picked up on next business day after recycling day. If the furniture is in usable condition, consider donating it to an organization that helps provide household goods to low-income families. Here are several locations that will accept usable household furniture for donation: Bridging - Bloomington, MN (952-888-1105) & Roseville, MN (651-631-3255) http://www.bridging.org/ Love INC of Eastern Carver County - Chaska, MN (952-448-2508) http://loveincecc.org/ Lupus Foundation (651-748-0400) http://www.lupuspickup.org Mary's Wish Furniture Depot - Waconia, MN (952-442-2268) http://www.maryswish.org/	Large Item	Donate
Fuses	Bag and place inside the garbage cart.