Recycling Drop Off Program

In Summer 2023, rePurpose launched a recycling drop off program for reusable and hard-to-recycle items. The drop off program is a benefit of membership in rePurpose. As a member of rePurpose, you’ll receive a big blue bag at your first drop off event. You can collect the following reusable and hard-to-recycle items in your bag(s) and then drop them off each month. Become a member today!

August 2025 “Fresh Sheet”

Please continue to bring items that are empty, clean, and dry unless otherwise indicated, and fit in blue bag(s).

We appreciate you taking acceptable items to local recycling transfer stations and thrift stores on the island, and using our services for reusables and hard to recycle items only.

Please see our Events page for a calendar of upcoming drop off times and locations.

Now accepting starting in August 2025:

Paper Hot Drink Cups (washed out)

Plastic Cold Drink Cups (washed out)

Commercially Compostable Packaging (dry)

Egg Cartons (stack only if clean and dry)

Laminated Paper (frozen vegetable bags, washed and clean to-go containers, etc.)

We accept the following materials: All acceptable items are repurposed and exchanged where possible, and are recycled otherwise.

Thin Plastic Film (stretchy: air mailers, bubble wrap, plastic bags that are used in packaging, single-use grocery/shopping bags, and bread bags; crinkly: grape bags, shredded cheese bags, etc.)

Coffee & Tea Accessories (coffee bags: dry, no need to clean; K-Cups: dry, stored open air; keep separate; tea bag wrappers).

Metallic Snack Bags (candy and snack wrappers, chip bags)

Netting (clementine, Babybel, or potato bags)

Blister Packs (fresh pasta packages, cured meats packages: washed with soap)

Milk Containers & Tetra Paks (Milk Containers: opened, washed, extra dry, and with lids separated; Aseptic “Tetra” packs: clean and extra dry, lids separated)

Ice Cream Tubs (lids okay; clean and separate lids)

#1 & #2 Plastics (no bottles, tubs, jugs or jars)

#5 Plastics (dairy tubs and clamshells)

Small Plastic Caps and Lids (less than 3”)

Large Plastic Caps and Lids (greater than 3”)

Beauty, Skincare & Haircare Packaging (empty containers please)

Art Supplies (empty, used up, or broken brushes; watercolor palettes; crayons; charcoals; canvases; easels; markers; tape; and empty paint remover bottles)

Prescription Pill Bottles (clean w/ label removed, no residue, and keep the lid with the bottle)

I Support The Girls (new donation materials, menstrual hygiene products: clean and unused; bras: new—or used and clean in good condition, no wires poking out or twisted, and elastic in good shape; women’s underwear: donation—new, either with tags or in packaging)

Eyeglasses (broken or intact prescription, reading, and sunglasses with frames; no cases)

Criss-Cross Patterned Pet & Feed Bags (rinsed and dry, or wiped out with damp cloth and dry)

Gift Packaging & Cards (reusable ribbons, bows, gift bags, intact gift wrapping, cardboard tubes)

Tattered Clothes & Shoes (clothes: washed, any condition; shoes: dry and free of debris; linens: washed; any condition)

Fine or Cut Papers & Magazines for Projects (fine or cut papers: reusable and unused for drawing or art projects; magazines: for collage and scrapbooking, limit five per month)

Unique Items & Art Supplies for Projects (Reusable “interesting” plastics and packaging: for use in possible art projects; popsicle sticks: wooden, any size; wine corks)

Small, Non-Working Appliances & Cell Phones (cell phones and accessories: including cell phone batteries, and cell phone chargers; small appliances: blenders, toasters, coffee makers, bread makers, and metal pots)

Cables, Wires, Cords & String Lights (any, except coaxial cables, for recycling only)

Alkaline Batteries (keep separate from other items; tape only 9-volt batteries)

LED Lightbulbs (household only, no large commercial bulbs, no incandescent or CFL bulbs)

Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Blocks, Trays & Peanuts (“styrofoam”—remove tape and labels; any color and size that fits in the blue bag—additional for suggested donation; bag packing peanuts separately)

LDPE Soft Foam Sheets or Blocks