What To Do List - H
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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Hair Spray Cans | If can is still pressurized, 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. If empty, can be placed in the garbage. Federal law requires treating pressurized cans as a hazardous waste. | | |
Halogen Lamps | Bag and place inside the garbage cart. | | |
Hangers, Plastic | Bag and place inside the garbage cart. |
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Hangers, Wire | Bag and place inside the garbage cart. We do not accept wire hangers in the recycling collection. Hangers jam up the equipment that sorts cans. Hangers can be brought to some dry cleaners, but call first. Check the Yellow Pages under "Dry Cleaners" for a nearby store for reuse. |
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Hard Drive: Computer | 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. | ||
Hay | Hay can be included with grass clippings and leaves. Place in bags. Each bag must weigh less than 40 lbs. Do not use bags larger than 33 gallons. State law prohibits disposing of yard waste with the garbage. South Transfer Station does not accept yard waste. Yard waste collected mid-April through mid-November, weather permitting. | | |
Hazardous Items or Waste | 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. | | |
Headlights | Bag and place inside the garbage cart. |
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Hearing Aids | If unable to donate, remove the battery, bag and place inside the garbage cart. Contact a senior center as they may collect hearing aids and button batteries for reuse and recycling. |
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Heater | 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. | ||
Herbicides | 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. | | |
Hide-A-Bed | 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. | ||
High-Intensity (HID) Lights | 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. | | |
Holiday Cards | Bag and place inside the garbage cart. We do not accept greeting cards in the recycling program. St. Judes Ranch for Children no longer accepts greeting cards for reuse/recycling. |
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Holiday Lights | These are NOT recycled by Solid Waste & Recycling or accepted at the South Transfer Station. You can dispose of in the garbage There are places interested in your tangled or broken holiday lights. Please take a look at the following sites for additional information:
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Home Composting | Composting is not part of Solid Waste & Recycling services. Please visit this link: Home Composting site for helpful information. | ||
Homemade Cleaners | 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. Only if the container is empty and rinsed may it be bagged and placed inside the garbage cart. | | |
Hot Tubs | Item accepted at South Transfer Station with a voucher. Vouchers are available to customers of Minneapolis Solid Waste & Recycling, see Voucher Program for details. | ||
Household Garbage | Bag and place inside the garbage cart. Place the cart at the collection point by 6:00 AM on the collection day. |
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Humidifier | Place next to the garbage cart only on the garbage day. Please post a sign or write on the item "For Solid Waste". Limit of 2 large items per garbage day. |
Last updated Jun. 7, 2012