Non-curbside Recyclable Items

Dry Batteries - Lowe's

Car (Wet) Batteries - Advance Auto, AutoZone, and O'Reilly's Auto Parts Stores, Wal-Mart automotive, Wilkes Co Landfill

Cell Phones - Most cell phone stores, Lowe’s, ecoATM at Wal-Mart

CFL or fluorescent bulbs - Lowe’s, Wilkes County Landfill, Waste Management recycle by mail

Dishes, ceramics, glassware - consignment or thrift stores, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Facebook marketplace, FreeCycle.org, etc.

Eyeglasses - Goodwill store, Lion's Club, or check with your eye doctor’s office.

Furniture - consignment or thrift stores, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Facebook marketplace, Freecycle, letgo, offerup, Oodle, Trove Market, Bookoo, etc.

Flower bed plant plastic containers such as plastic plant pots, plant trays, and plant tags - Lowe’s in the garden department.

Mercury-containing thermostats, barometers, and thermostats - Wilkes County Landfill, Waste Management recycle by mail

Original music CDs or Cassette tapes and DVD or VHS movies - consignment or thrift stores or music reseller for reuse, FreeCycle.org
A blank or burned CD or DVD - Trash, FreeCycle.org for craft projects

Pallets - FreeCycle.org for craft projects

Plastic shopping bags - Food Lion, Lowes Foods, Lowe’s, Walmart, Kohl’s

Plastic spoons, forks, and straws - Trash

Prescription empty bottles - trash, ask on FreeCycle.org for crafts.

Prescription medications disposal - Walgreens, Wilkes County Sheriff’s office, and the North Wilkesboro Police department.

Printers - Manufacturer, Wilkes County Landfill

Real Christmas trees - Residential curbside collection available within the town limits.

Scrap metals - Wilkes Steel Recycling, Lowe Fur & Herb Co., Foothills Sanitation, & Recycling Inc., or Wilkes County Landfill

Toner or inkjet empty cartridges - Office supply store, or check with the manufacturer

Hazardous waste - Waste Management for a quote

Tires (removed from rims) - Wilkes County Landfill

Used motor oil - O’Reilly’s, AutoZone, and Advanced Auto Parts Stores or Wilkes County Landfill

Used motor oil filters - O’Reilly’s or Wilkes County Landfill

Working appliances - Habitat for Humanity ReStore, consignment or thrift stores.

NON-CURBSIDE RECYCLABLE ITEMS

WHERE TO TAKE NON-CURBSIDE RECYCLABLE ITEMS?