Most people know what you can recycle in your recycle bin, but what do you do with batteries, electronics, packing materials, hangers and other stuff that can be recycled or reused. Check out some of the below links to find where to recycle anything. For great ideas on how to recycle this check out Recycle This.
General Recycling Information
- Earth911.com
- Container Recycling Institute
- Environment Directory – Excellent Directory of Recycling services
Recyclable Materials/Scrap
Styrene Peanuts
- Alliance of Foam Packaging
- Mail Box Stations
- Plastic Loose Fill Council (www.loosefillpacking.com) has a Peanut Hotline (800.828.2214)
Holiday Cards and Miscellaneous Paper Products.
- St. Judes Ranch for Children– Takes holiday cards and remakes into other cards.
- Tyvek Envelopes- Send to Shirley Cimburk, Tyvek Recycling Specialist 5401 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Spot 197, Room 231, Richmond, VA 23234 – for quantities larger than 25 call 866.33TYVEK
Electronics and Batteries
- My Green Electronics – Provides listing by zip code of where to recycle electronics
- Share the Technology- Provides other links to donate computers for refurbishing
- Recycling Battery Corporation (Call2Recycle)
- Battery Solutions
- USB Drives
Tapes, CDs, DVDs
- Alternative Community Training- provides jobs to people with disabilities. Workers erase tapes and resell and or recycle. Mail to ACT, 2200 Burlington, Columbia, MO 65202
- CE Recycling For Free
- Send scratched music or computer CD, DVD and PlayStaion or Nintendo video game disks to AuralTech for refinishing. 888.454.3223 or www.auraltech.com
Clothing
- Dress For Success – Business Clothes for disadvantaged women
- Operation Fairy Dust – Prom Dresses for teens who cannot afford them
Shoes
- Odd Shoe Finder: website that allows users to buy and sell their mismatched shoes.
- Reuse A Shoe
Pallets
Lamps
- Lamp Recycle: Lighting manufacturers, through their trade association, National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) developed lamprecycle.org to provide a one-stop source of information about recycling lamps (the term used in the lighting industry to refer to all types of light bulbs).
Old Medicine
- Some states have enacted drug recycling programs including: So far, the following states have recycling programs: AK, CO, IL, KS, MA, MN, NE, NM, NY, OK, PA, SC, WV. Check the National Conference of State Legislatures website for updated information
Crayons
- Crazy Crayons -Takes unwanted crayons and recycles and sells
Candy, Food Wrappers- Food Wrappers
- Terracycle
- Preserve– Gimme Five Program- Recycles #5 plastics such as yogurt cups, hummus tubs. They remake into things like toothbrushes.
Wine Corks
- Yemm and Hart (www.yemmhart.com)
Fishing Nets
- In Alaska United Cook Inlet Drift Association
Bicycles
- Recycle a Bicycle NY
- Recycle Bicycle Shop (Berkeley, CA)
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