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What to Recycle and Where ...
APPLIANCES | BATTERIES | CARDBOARD | CDs – DVDs – GAME DISKS | CLOTHES
COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTBULBS | COMPOSTABLE BIO-PLASTICS COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS and "Techno-Trash" | EXERCISE VIDEOS | EYEGLASSES FOAM PACKING MATERIALS | INK-TONER CARTRIDGES | MISCELLANEOUS | MOTOR OIL | PHONES SPORTS EQUIPMENT | TENNIS SHOES | TOOTHBRUSHES & RAZORS | TYVEK ENVELOPES For items you cannot recycle, send the product back to the manufacturer and tell them they need to make products that are recyclable or offer a plan to responsibly dispose of the products they create. If the appliances you wish to get rid of are still in working condition, consider donating to Goodwill, www.goodwill.org. Good, used appliances are always a big hit on Freecycle™. Go to www.freecycle.org to find a group in your area. If you are in the Cleveland area, the links to the east and west Cleveland groups are on the left. Scour the posts. Someone might have posted that they want the item you have to donate. The Steel Recycling Institute recycles appliances. You can contact them at 800-YES -1-CAN or visit them online at www.recycle-steel.org You can find the solution to recycling rechargeable and regular batteries at www.batteryrecycling.com – Battery Solutions 734-467-9110. Or go to www.rbrc.org/call2recycle/dropoff/index.php to find the nearest battery recycling center. There are many local charities, non-profit organizations and women’s shelters who use boxes. Make a few phone calls. People on Freecycle™ often post that they are moving or sell on eBay and need packing boxes. www.freecycle.org. Or offer them on Craigslist.org. If you have a business that uses and collects 100 or more cardboard boxes in a month, you can contact www.UsedCardboardBoxes.com, a company that resells them Also, most recycling facilities have cardboard box recycling. Check with your local facility to find out what they accept. www.AuralTech.com refinishes scratched disks and returns to you so they work like new. Call them at 888-454-3223. We found two business that allow individuals to recycle CDs, DVDs, game disks, etc in small amounts. www.Greendisk.com (GreenDisk) and www.EcoDisk.com (EcoDisk) will take up to 20 lbs of the disks for a small fee. We all know that Goodwill and the Amvets collect clothing. They are worthwhile charities for your donations, and what you donate can be tax deductible. www.Goodwill.org and /www.Amvets.org/ Freecycle™ always has people looking for particular sizes of clothing, especially for children. Comb their posts for someone to give to, who will come and pick up the clothes from you, or post that you have some to give away. www.freecycle.org Donate good women’s business clothing to Dress for Success, a charitable organization that offers the outfits to low-income women who are searching for jobs. www.DressForSuccess.org, 212-532-1922. Unwearable, but clean clothes can be donated to local animal rescue and boarding facilities for use as pet bedding. Many churches have clothing drives and appreciate donations of wearable clothing. COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTBULBS Earth911.org offers a search for local recycling facilities. Just put in “fluorescent bulb” and your zip code and if a center is available, it will be displayed. Www.nema.org/lamprecycle/household.html offers information about where to find locations for recycling fluorescent bulbs. If you have an IKEA store near you, drop the bulbs off. They recycle! www.Ikea.com Www.findacomposter.com is a good resource for finding someone in your area who will accept compostable bioplastics. COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS – including iPods, MP3s, PDAs, and et al Www.ban.org/pledge/Locations.html lists local and national recyclers. Freecycle™ is also a great place to offer your outdated equipment. There are many people who rebuild computers from parts and donate them to charities or offer them to low-income. GreenDisk.com offers a recycling program for what they term “TechnoTrash.” for $30, GreenDisk will ship you a cardboard carton for you to send them up to 70 lbs of “TechnoTrash.” The fee covers shipping, recycling fees and the packaging. TechnoTrash includes iPods, MP3 players, cell phones and chargers, digital cameras, PDAs, palm pilots, CDs, jewel cases, DVDs, audio and video tapes, pagers, rechargeable and single-use batteries, PDAs, and ink/toner cartridges Www.videofitness.com is a swap site specifically for fitness videos. This is a members only site, and a great place to exchange your old for something different. Freecycle™ also has members who are looking for exercise equipment and videos. www.freecycle.org Most communities have a Lion’s Club that collects used eyeglasses. LensCrafters also participates in the Give the Gift of Sight program in cooperation with the Lion’s Club www.lionsclub.org. Call (800) CLEANUP for a list of drop-off centers. Or, send eyeglasses to other organizations that help the needy, such as Medical Ministry International. Address the package to: Glasses can also be sent to You can find a list of foam packaging drop-off points by state at www.epspackaging.org/info.html (Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers) 410-451-8240. Or your local pack and ship store may accept foam peanuts for reuse. Contact the Plastic Loose Fill Producers Council to find a drop-off location – 800-828-2214. Freecycle™ also has people occasionally posting for packaging materials for moving or shipping items. Check or post there. www.freecycle.org to find a location near you. Recycleplace.com pays $1 for each cartridge. Also local stores like Staples and Office Max have recycle programs for these items. Sometimes you may even find local organizations collecting cartridges as a fund raiser. They usually gather many and turn them in for recycling, receiving the compensation from the recycling group. Place your unwanted, but still useable, items with people who will use them by offering them on your local Freecycle™ group www.freecycle.org or on Craigslist.org. www.throwplace.com or ireuse.com offer other alternatives to giving away or selling items. iReuse.com will also help you find a local recycler for things that are no longer reusable. www.RecycleOil.org offers a state-by-state list of recyclers 202-682-8000. Donate cell phone to Collective Good, who will refurbish your old phone and sell it to someone in a developing country – call 770-856-9021 or go to www.CollectiveGood.com. Www.DonateAPhone.com is the online home of Call to Protect, an organization that reprograms cell phones to dial 911 and then offers them to domestic violence vitems. Www.Reclamere.com accepts single-line phones – Reclamere – 814-386-2927. Again, your local Freecycle™ group is loaded with people who are interested in sports and might take the items you no longer use www.freecycle.org. Or you can sell or trade your equipment at Play It Again Sports outlet. Call 800-476-9249 or visit www.PlayItAgainSports.com.. Nike offers a Reuse-a-Shoe program to turn old shoes into playground and athletic flooring. Learn about the program at www.NikeReuseAShoe.com. One World Running sends used, but still useful shoes to Africa, Latin America and Haiti to athletes in need. Visit www.OneWorldRunning.com for more information. Recycline (www.recycline.com) sells recycled plastic toothbrushes and razors, and when you are finished using it, will take them back and recycle them again into plastic lumber. The toothbrushes and razors anre made from used Stonyfield Farms yogurt cups. 888-354-7296. For fewer than 25 envelopes, send them to: Quantities over 25 envelopes, call 866-33TYVEK. |
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