Plastic Shopping Bags are NOT recyclable in our program, even if they have a recycling symbol (commonly with the #2 or #4). Please return Plastic Shopping Bags to their point of origin. Most grocery stores, along with many other retailers, now have Plastic Bag Recycling Bins located near the entrance of the store and will accept all recyclable bags. Another option is reusable shopping bags which are now widely available. Please follow these guidelines for Plastic Bag Recycling: Acceptable items include Store bags, Fresh produce bags, Newspaper deliver bags, Plastic dry-cleaning bags, Light colored bags or films with recycling symbol and #2 or #4. All must be clean, dry & empty. No paper / metal / glass, No rigid plastics, No pouches or bags from frozen foods, heatable foods, or deli meat films, No Black or dark colored bags, No bags from soap, chemicals, oils, or pesticides.

All books in good condition may be donated to the Franklin Public Library at the front desk. If the books are unique to the library’s collection, they will be added to the stacks. Otherwise, they will be sold to raise funds for the Library.  A second option is to donate your used books, in good condition, at the Franklin Hannaford. Books will be re-sold to raise funds for local non-profit organizations. Please bring books to the Customer Service Desk for donation.

Franklin PTO’s collect spent Printer Ink Cartridges as a fund-raising mechanism. Empty cartridges may be brought to Franklin schools for collection. Some chain Office Supply Stores accept empty cartridges for recycling and may offer store coupons or rebates in exchange.

Gently used clothing may be placed in Clothing Recycling Bins at the Transfer Station and several other locations around Franklin, or donated to the Second Hand Store on Central St.   The Community Action Program also collects clothing for people in Franklin.

GoodWill now accepts a wide range of items for donation including, but not limited to, Clothing, Bicycles, Books, and Toys. For a complete list, please see: http://www.goodwillnne.org/retail/acceptable-donations.php . GoodWill has donation sites in Laconia and Concord. For store locations, please see: http://www.goodwillnne.org/retail/retail-stores.php

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFL’s) are accepted for Recycling, non-broken only, at Home Depot and Trust-Worthy Hardware stores.  All Fluorescents, Tube and CFL, are accepted at the Franklin Transfer Station, broken, or intact, for a fee of $1 per bulb. These same items may be brought to the annual Hazardous Waste Collection Day, the last Saturday in July, free of charge.

Franklin PTO’s collect unwanted Cell Phones as a fund-raising effort. There are several other programs that accept cell phones including Cell Phones for Soldiers. Most retailers of Cell Phones will also accept unwanted items for Recycling.

Working Televisions may be donated to GoodWill free of charge. Many electronics retailers will accept any electronic device for recycling. Best Buy will accept Televisions for a $10 fee and give a $10 gift card in return (see: http://www.bestbuy.com). Televisions brought to the Franklin Transfer Station are subject to a charge, based on CRT size, from $8 to $38.

All types of Batteries, alkaline and rechargeable, are accepted at the Franklin Transfer Station for Recycling, free of charge. Rechargeable batteries are also accepted for Recycling at many electronics retailers.

All computer equipment is accepted for Recycling at the Franklin Transfer Station, free of charge, with the exception of monitors which are subject to the CRT fee. Goodwill and many electronics retailers will also accept computer equipment for Recycling.