Once inert, the paint can be thrown out with the regular trash.
This would be likely to displease local residents, even if they are putting out fewer pounds of regular trash.
Then plastic came back last summer, but not glass, which still had to be tossed in with regular trash.
Recycling can handle some two-thirds of our regular trash.
Hazardous waste material is separated from regular trash and disposed of separately.
But often, home medical waste is simply thrown in the regular trash.
Residents who try to sneak tuna cans into their regular trash could be fined, but almost none are.
The disposal costs are far higher than for regular trash, known as "black bag" waste.
Used or torn gloves can be discarded in regular trash.
As with gloves, used aprons and goggles can be discarded in regular trash.