Zero Waste Move In/Move Out

Move In

Use the tip below to reduce your waste when moving to or within Orange County.           

Reduce

  • Avoid overbuying by taking inventory of what supplies you already have, what can be reused, and what you need.
  • Repair items like electronics, clothing, and shoes when possible.
  • Check out thrift stores and online reuse marketplaces before buying brand new items.
  • Look for furniture, kitchen supplies, and other household items at thrift stores and online reuse marketplaces.

Reuse

  • Give supplies and belongings, like books or kitchenware, you no longer use to friends or donate them.
  • Bring a reusable water bottle to school instead of using single-use plastic bottles.
  • Get creative and turn used items into crafts and décor.

Recycle

  • If you buy supplies online, be sure to recycle the cardboard boxes. Corrugated cardboard can be placed in single family curbside carts. Do not put corrugated cardboard in recycling carts at multifamily housing complexes. Recycle separately in corrugated cardboard containers at your complex, the Waste & Recycling Centers, or 24-Hr Drop-Off Sites.
  • Plastic mailing envelopes/padded envelopes, air pillows, and other plastic bags/film can be recycled separately with plastic bags/film at the Eubanks Road and Walnut Grove Church Road Waste & Recycling Centers. Do NOT recycle in curbside/single-stream recycling.

Move Out

Reduce, reuse, and recycle to decrease landfilled waste by using the tips below:

Curbside Recycling/Recycling Drop-Off 

Waste and Recycling Centers 

The following items should be taken to the Waste and Recycling Centers. Do not dispose of them in curbside recycling carts/single-stream recycling drop-off.

  • Household Hazardous Waste (aerosol cans, paint, household cleaners, nail polish, fluorescent bulbs, etc.)
  • Batteries
  • Automotive fluids
  • Broken electronics
  • Scrap metal (items made of metal)
  • Bulky items (broken furniture, etc.)
  • Clean wood
  • Rigid plastic (plastic yard chairs, buckets, plant pots)

Thrift Stores or Orange County Salvage Sheds

Items in good, working condition only.

  • Thrift Store
    1. Clothes and shoes
    2. Upholstered furniture
    3. Glass dishware and décor
  • Orange County Salvage Sheds
    1. Small appliances
    2. Kitchenware and dishware (no glass/ceramic)
    3. Electronics
    4. Small non-upholstered furniture
    5. Small sports equipment
    6. See more accepted items here.