How To Clean Fabric Pots For Reuse

Items Accepted at the Reuse Centre

Organizations and individuals can purchase items at the Reuse Centre for a nominal fee and may take as many items as they require.

The Reuse Centre accepts a variety of items such as arts and crafts supplies, office and school supplies, paper and plastic products and much more. Please note that all items must be clean and in good condition. Items are only accepted during hours of operation.

The Reuse Centre does not accept furniture, toys, clothing, electronics, appliances, construction materials, housewares or personal hygiene items. Many charities accept these items; please take them to the charity directly.

Arts and Crafts Supplies

Artificial fruit
Basket fillers
Baskets (wicker)
Beads
Bingo dabbers (full)
Bows
Canvases
Cellophane
Chalk
Clay (modeling, pottery)
Cookie cutters
Corks
Craft kits
Crayons (pencil and wax)
Easels
Feathers
Floral arranging supplies (holders, picks, and more)
Flowers (artificial)
Foam core
Glitter
Glue (white, sticks and craft)
Googly eyes

Magnets
Marbles and Decorative Rocks (craft)
Moulds
Packing peanuts
Paint
(acrylic, craft and watercolour)
Paint brushes and foam rollers
Pastels
Pine cones
Pipe cleaners
Plant pots
Pom-poms
Ribbon (fabric, gift and raffia)
Rubber stamps and ink pads
Scissors
Scrapbooking supplies
Seashells
Sponges
Stained glass sheets
Stencils
Stickers
String
Styrofoam (balls, cubes and sheets)
Wax
Wire (craft)
Wreaths
Vases

Home Décor

Carpet samples (small)
Countertop samples
Decals
Flooring samples
Paint swatches
Shelf Liner

Tiles (small only)
Upholstery samples
Wallpaper (samples and rolls)

Media

Cables
(computer, phone and TV)
Cassette tapes
(commercially recorded)
Cellphone and tablet cases
Computer disks (3.5")
CDs & DVDs
(incl. empty cases)

Photo slides
Projection screens
Records
Video games
Video tapes and cartridges (commercially recorded)

Metal

Aluminum pie plates
and tart shells
Beer-bottle caps
Chain
Frozen-juice lids
Keys and keychains
Locks

Pull tabs
(from beer or pop cans)
Small hardware
(brackets, nails, screws)
Tins
(Altoid, coffee, cookie and cylinder, with lids)
Twist ties (unused)

Needle Craft Supplies (no clothing or household fabrics accepted)

Batting
Burlap
Buttons
Dressmaking tailor/dress forms
Elastic
Fabric (raw material, minimum 0.25 meters)
Fasteners (snaps, hooks, buckles)
Faux fur
Felt
Lace
Leather (craft/hobby only)
Neck ties
Needles (crochet, knitting, sewing)

Patterns
Pins (straight and safety, place in container)
Sequins
Spools
Straps
Thread
Velcro
Vinyl (usable pieces)
Wool
Yarn
Zippers

Office and School Supplies

Binders (no logos, not damaged)
Binding items (coils)
Bulletin boards
Calculators (working)
Chalkboards
Classroom decorations (no photocopies)
Clipboards
Corkboards
Desktop organizers
Dividers (tab and binder)
Duotang folders
Erasers
(chalk board, dry erase and pencil)
Folders (file and hanging, undamaged)
Geometry sets
Hole punches
Holders (business card, CD and DVD, magazine, pen, name tag)
Index cards
Labels
Lanyards
Markers and Highlighters

Mousepads
Notebooks
Note pads
Page protectors
Paper clips
Pencil cases
Pencil sharpeners
Pencils
Pens
Post-it notes
Push pins and thumbtacks
Register rolls
Rubber bands
Rulers
Staplers and staples
Tape (adhesive,duct, masking, packing and more)
Tape dispensers
Transparencies
Whiteboards

Paper Products

Bookmarks
Boxes (gift, packing/moving, cigar, shoe and jewelry)
Calendars (with pictures)
Cardboard tubes (paper towel & wrapping paper)
Coasters
Coffee filters (unused)
Cupcake liners (unused)
Doilies (paper)
Envelopes (unused)
Gift bags
Greeting cards (new & used)

Maps
Mat boards
Paper (all types, no scraps)
Photographs (scenic)
Poster boards
Postcards
Postage stamps
Posters
Stationery
Tissue paper
Wrapping paper

Plastic

Bedding and garment bags (zippered)
Bread-bag tags
Bubble wrap
Corrugated plastic (blank)
Drop cloths and tarps (gently used and tied)
Film canisters (with lids)
Ice-cream pails (with lids, plastic only)

Laundry-soap scoops
Margarine containers (with lids)
Milk-jug lids
Milk crates
Six-pack rings (from pop or beer cans)
Strawberry baskets (green)
Storage bins (non food)
Wipes containers (hard plastic only)
Yogurt containers (with lids)
Zip ties (unused)
5-gallon pails (clean)

Seasonal and Party Supplies

Artificial Christmas trees (complete only, must be boxed)
Disposable plates, cups and cutlery (unused only)
Glow sticks
Seasonal decorations
Straws
String lights (LED, mini, working only)
Party decorations
Tablecloths (paper and vinyl only)

Wood

Chopsticks
(new, wooden only)
Crates
Dowels
Drumsticks

Hockey sticks (incl. broken)
Plaques
Popsicle sticks
Wood
(untreated, small blocks & boards only; max. length 4 ft)

Various Other Items

Alarm clocks (battery operated/windup)
Badminton birdies
Bags (cloth and paper)
Balls (sports and games)
Banners and flags
Bats, racquets, golf clubs (No personal protective gear)
Bells
Board games
Books (no encyclopedias, no textbooks more than 5 years old)
Bungee cords
Candles and candle holders
Catering trays (plastic and foil)
Chopsticks (unused)
Cigar boxes
Clothespins
Coin rollers
Colouring books
Egg cartons
Figurines (craft/decorative only)
Glue guns (working)
Guitar picks/strings
Hand tools (small, non-electric)
Hangers (wire or plastic, no retail hangers, please bundle)
Hockey pucks
Jars (baby food and sealers only, with lids)
Jewelry (incl. broken)
Key chains
Kites

Lamp shades (fabric)
Lapel pins
Magazines (must be less than 10 years old, no catalogues or free publications)
Magnifying glasses
Mannequins
Marbles
Medals
Mirrors (max. length 12")
Models (car, plane and more)
Party decorations
Photo albums and album pages
Photo negatives
Picture frames (with or without glass)
Ping Pong balls
Playing cards
Pool noodles
Prize ribbons
Produce mesh
Promotional buttons
Puzzles (including incomplete)
Rope
Sandpaper (unused)
Skipping ropes
Seasonal decorations
Shelf liner
Skipping ropes
Sticky tack
Toolboxes
Trophies
Watches (incl. broken)