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Small household items

How to extend the life of cookware and small household items

Dishware

Table lamps

Blinds

Umbrellas

Garden hoses

Wicker baskets

Examples of small household items

  • Dishes, plates and serving platters
  • Garden hoses and snow shovels
  • Window blinds
  • Umbrellas
  • Lamps and lampshades
  • Flashlights and scissors
  • Door mats
  • Air mattresses and inflatable pillows
  • Picture frames
  • Sewing machines
  • Wicker baskets
  • Salt shakers and pepper mills

How to dispose

There are two ways to dispose of small household items depending on whether they are usable or broken and unusable.

Usable small household items

  • Extend the life of this item by reusing, selling, or donating

Reuse small household goods by:

  • Giving to family and friends
  • Posting on online websites like Facebook Marketplace

Donate usable household goods to local charities. Contact your preferred charity to confirm what type of donations they are accepting. Options include: 

Broken and unusable small household items

  • Put into your black cart

Put broken and unusable small household items into your black cart as garbage.

  • Package glass items safely by:
    • Putting the pieces into a puncture-resistant, non-breakable container (e.g. plastic tub or pail with lid.); or
    • Wrapping in two layers of paper and place in a tied bag.
  • Labels as 'sharps' with a permanent marker and place in your black cart.

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