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Residential recycling and disposal search tool

Gift cards

Plastic gift cards

How to dispose

There are two ways to dispose of gift cards depending on whether they can be reused or not.

Reusable gift cards

  • Take to a special drop-off location

Some businesses allow you to add credit to your gift card so it can be used again.


Unusable gift cards

  • Put into your black cart

Put unusable gift cards into your black cart as garbage.