A Guide to Recycling Cookware and Kitchenware
Do you know what cookware is recyclable at the WWRA?
Recycle:
- Glass jars and bottles (NOT tempered or heat treated)
- Plastic containers #1-#7
Donate, Sell, or Give away:
- Usable tempered or heat treated glass cookware and ovenware
- Usable nonstick pots and pans
- Usable wooden utensils and cutting boards
- Usable steel, platinum, and silver utensils
- Usable porcelain, ceramic, stoneware, China, or other similar items
- Usable cast iron
- Usable plastic containers
- Usable silicone utensils or bakingware
Compost, Upcyle or Scrap:
- Compost broken or compromised wooden utensils and cutting boards
- Upcycle broken porcelain, ceramic, stoneware, China, or other similar items into mosaics
- Scrap unusable steel, platinum, and silver utensils
- Scrap unusable cast iron
Throw Away:
- Broken tempered or heat treated glass cookware and ovenware
- Chipped or cracking nonstick pots and pans
- Plastic utensils
- Unusable silicone utensils or bakingware