- Any part integral to safe vehicle operation
- Automotive tires and rims

- Old encyclopedia sets and textbooks
- Miscellaneous household magazines (including National Geographic)
- Bootleg DVDs, CDs, and VHS
- Adult-themed DVDs, VHS, books, magazines, and posters

- Light fixtures, plumbing, appliances
- Doors, sinks, toilets
- Entertainment centers
- Cast iron sinks and tubs
- Pianos and granite slabs
- Full rolls of carpet
- Rolled flashing
- Dishwashers, refrigerators, washers/dryers, stoves, trash compactors

- Lane cedar chests with old self-securing locks (child entrapment risk)

*Verify any Lane cedar chest lock before donating — old self-securing style not accepted.

- Hospital and industrial disinfectants
- Swimming pool chemicals
- Kitchen, laundry, and bath sanitizers
- Cockroach sprays and baits
- Flea and tick products
- Lawn and garden pesticides and herbicides
- Insect repellents and insect control chalk
- Plant protection chemicals
- Highly flammable, caustic, or toxic household chemicals
- Any paint (all types)

- Cribs, bassinets, and cradles
- Safety gates and enclosures
- Play pens and toddler beds
- Infant swings and highchairs
- Strollers and toy chests
- Beanbag chairs
- Car seats
- Helmets (children's)

- TVs and computer monitors
- Laptops and desktop computers
- Jump drives
- Printers, copiers, fax machines, scanners
- Vacuum cleaners and steam cleaners
- Broken or faulty lamps and appliances

- MAPP gas, butane, propane
- Torch fuel and lamp oil

- Upholstered furniture with burns, tears, rips, fur, stains, fading, or cracked leather
- Particle board furniture of any kind
- Large metal, steel, or particle board desks
- Outdated fabric patterns (floral, plaid, stripes)
- Water-damaged furniture
- Bed sets (headboards, footboards, rails)
- TV cabinets/armoires that don't hold a 45" TV

- No wire or glass guard over the bulb shield
- Guard top not 3" from bulb shield
- Bulb wattage above 300W
- Non-polarized plug (blades same width)
- Cord with mechanical damage
- Signs of corrosion, bent, or loose parts

*Per CPSC guidance — destroy any lamp matching these conditions.

- Offensive or racially inappropriate flags
- Offensive or racially inappropriate literature

- Toys with lead paint
- Costume jewelry with lead
- Used lead paint
- Lead-painted furniture

- Incandescent (new regulations)
- Fluorescent
- Halogen
- Sodium
- CFL (mercury exposure risk)

- Used mattresses and box springs
- Futon mattresses
- Hideaway beds
- Sleeper sofas

- Smoke detectors
- Carbon monoxide detectors
- Fire extinguishers
- Bike, decorative, and protective helmets
- Hard hats
- Ladders, stepladders, extension ladders

Skis (none accepted)

- Power tools missing guards, with frayed cords, or absent safety features
- Motorized exercise equipment

- Bottles with missing caps
- Used pump sprayers
- Any leaking containers

- Crutches, canes, and walkers
- Wheelchairs
- Medical monitors and similar devices
- Toilet seats

- Guns, ammunition (including blanks), and bullet-making kits
- Swords, knives, machetes, and pocketknives
- Brass knuckles
- Fireworks and powder-actuated items

- Window blinds (none accepted)
- Unframed mirrors
- Glass tabletops
- Unframed window glass
- Unframed picture frame glass