Recycling in New Hampshire
Where to recycle, donate or get rid of things in 18 cities and towns across New Hampshire. Pick your city, or search for your item. We also pick up anywhere in the state.
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New Hampshire rules
- No one may dispose of wet-cell batteries, lithium-ion batteries or electronic devices in any New Hampshire landfill or incinerator. Source: RSA 149-M:27 Disposal Prohibited (opens in new tab)
- Wet-cell (lead-acid) and lithium-ion batteries are banned from New Hampshire landfills and incinerators. Source: RSA 149-M:27 Disposal Prohibited (opens in new tab)
- The banned "electronic devices" include computers, monitors, peripherals, printers, CRT devices, televisions, phones, copiers, fax machines and video display devices. Source: RSA 149-M:4 Definitions (opens in new tab)
More New Hampshire rules (20)
- NHDES lists computers, monitors and laptops among electronics banned from New Hampshire landfills and incinerators. Source: NHDES: Electronics (opens in new tab)
- NHDES lists TVs, projectors and CRT devices among electronics banned from landfills and incinerators. Source: NHDES: Electronics (opens in new tab)
- Computer peripherals, printers, copiers, fax machines, VCRs and DVD players are also banned from disposal. Source: NHDES: Electronics (opens in new tab)
- NHDES tells residents to contact their local transfer station to recycle electronics, and warns fees may apply. Source: NHDES: Electronics (opens in new tab)
- CRT TVs and monitors are banned from New Hampshire landfills and incinerators; most transfer stations take them, sometimes for a fee. Source: NHDES: Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) (opens in new tab)
- New Hampshire classes certain batteries and CRT televisions and monitors as universal waste. Source: NHDES: Managing My Waste (opens in new tab)
- Lithium-ion batteries are banned from disposal in New Hampshire; rechargeable batteries should go to an HHW collection or a retail/municipal collection box. Source: NHDES: Batteries (opens in new tab)
- Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from disposal; residents can return them when buying a new one or recycle them at a scrap yard, auto shop or HHW collection. Source: NHDES: Batteries (opens in new tab)
- Standard alkaline batteries can go in household trash with both ends taped. Source: NHDES: Batteries (opens in new tab)
- Refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers and AC units must by law have refrigerant drained by a certified technician before scrap recycling. Source: NHDES: Appliances (opens in new tab)
- Microwaves have no refrigerant but may contain a capacitor that should not go in scrap metal; NHDES says to check with the local transfer station. Source: NHDES: Appliances (opens in new tab)
- Each New Hampshire municipality handles bulky waste (furniture, couches, mattresses, box springs) differently; residents should ask their transfer station or hauler. Source: NHDES: Furniture, Mattresses, Carpet (Bulky Waste) (opens in new tab)
- NHDES counts couches as bulky waste handled by each municipality. Source: NHDES: Furniture, Mattresses, Carpet (Bulky Waste) (opens in new tab)
- Mattresses and box springs are bulky waste handled by each municipality; New Hampshire has no statewide mattress recycling program. Source: NHDES: Furniture, Mattresses, Carpet (Bulky Waste) (opens in new tab)
- Box springs are bulky waste handled by each municipality. Source: NHDES: Furniture, Mattresses, Carpet (Bulky Waste) (opens in new tab)
- Latex (water-based) paint can be dried out and put in household trash; usable full cans can be donated to Habitat for Humanity. Source: NHDES: Paint (opens in new tab)
- Oil-based, lead-based and solvent-based paints are hazardous and belong at a household hazardous waste collection, not the trash. Source: NHDES: Paint (opens in new tab)
- Homeowners recycle scrap tires through an auto garage or their local transfer station; fees may apply. Source: NHDES: Tires (opens in new tab)
- Scrap metal goes to a permitted scrap metal facility or the local transfer station; gas tanks, batteries and electronics are not scrap metal. Source: NHDES: Scrap Metal (opens in new tab)
- There is no statewide HHW site; NHDES grants fund more than 60 municipal HHW collection events a year. Source: NHDES: Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab)