Prohibited Materials

The following items are not allowed to be placed in garbage carts or dumpsters:

1. Explosive materials.
2. Volatile or inflammable materials or any waste containing such.
3. Drugs, poison, acids or chemicals in such quantity as to create a health or safety hazard.
4. Sharps waste.
5. Combustible materials or other materials which may present a special hazard to collection personnel, equipment or the general public.
6. Animal carcasses.
7. Yard waste.
8. Appliances.
9. Fluorescent light fixtures (with or without ballasts and tubes).
10. Tires.
11. Heavy construction materials. 
12. Paint (with the exception of water-based paint that hs been dried).

Click here for more information about the Bremer County Regional Collection Center for Household Hazard Materials.