Combustible or explosive materials.

Paint cans or aerosol containers unless opened, completely emptied, and cleaned.

Gasoline, diesel, propane, or other petroleum products or containers unless they are punctured and fully drained.

Oil cans, oil filters, and undrained oil pans are still on motor blocks. This includes hydraulic fluid, gear oils, and grease.  Hydraulic equipment must have hydraulic hoses removed, and cylinders cut open and drained.

Drums of any size without proper container certification.

Closed containers or compressed cylinders and tanks unless the valve is removed, punctured, or open end.

Cans that contained paint, water sealer, pesticides, or other toxic chemicals.

Asbestos or asbestos-containing materials such as pipe or I-Beam insulation, brake shoes or pads, and other structural demolition debris.

Air conditioning and refrigeration units containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs & HCFCs).

Materials such as capacitors, ballasts and transformers containing PCBs.

Automobiles with airbags containing sodium azide.

Lead-containing materials, unless approved in advance (i.e. lead acid batteries).

Batteries that are cracked, broken, burned or have missing caps.

Fluorescent, neon, or mercury vapour lights and related fixtures.

Cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and liquid crystal displays (LCDs), or any commodity containing a CRT or LCD, such as computer monitors, laptop screens, and televisions.

Radioactive material of any kind.

Any material containing hazardous or toxic substances, materials, or wastes.

Free-flowing fluids of any kind, including water.

Dirt, debris, trash or waste of any kind (Tires, wood, dirt, yard debris, concrete, plastic, asphalt, glass, rubber, or other non-metallic materials).

Munitions scrap.

Appliances must have all fluids drained, CFCs/HCFCs properly evacuated and electrical components (capacitors, mercury switches) and compressors removed. We will accept compressors but only if they are drained of all fluids.