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Chapstick and lip balm

How to dispose of chapstick and lip balm

Chapstick

Lip balm pots

  • Put into your black cart

Put old and used lip balm pots and jars, chapstick tubes, and lip butter tins into your black cart as garbage.

  • Even if labelled as biodegradable or compostable, it still belongs in the garbage. 

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