Recycling Drop Off Program

In Summer 2023, rePurpose launched a recycling drop off program for hard-to-recycle items. The drop off program is a benefit of membership in rePurpose. As a member of rePurpose, you’ll be able to drop off up 1-3 bags of reusable or hard-to-recycle items per month depending on what membership level you choose. Become a member today!

Here’s a list of items we’re accepting. We’ll be adding more items as we are able to process them and with enough interest from members. Please continue to bring items that are clean and dry except otherwise indicated.

NEW! Now formally accepting starting in March!

  • Beauty, skin care, and hair care packaging

  • Bras (new—or used and clean in good condition, no wires poking out or twisted, and elastic in good shape)

  • Cables, wires, cords, and string lights (any, except coaxial cables)

  • Cell phones and accessories (including cell phone batteries, and cell phone chargers)

  • Clothes (washed; any condition)

  • Eye glasses (prescription, reading, and sunglasses; broken or intact with frames; no cases)

  • Gift packaging (ribbons, bows, gift bags, in-tact gift wrapping, and cardboard tubes; clean and reusable)

  • Linens (washed; any condition)

  • Menstrual hygiene products (clean and unused)

  • Shoes (dry and free of debris)

  • Small appliances (blenders, toasters, coffee makers, bread makers, kitchenware, and metal pots)

  • Women’s underwear (donation—new, either with tags or in packaging)

Clean, dry, and safe reusable materials that people can repurpose and exchange:

  • Bottle caps and lids (any and all bottle caps and lids, including metal and plastic.

  • Popsicle sticks (wooden, any size), Wine corks

  • Prescription pill bottles (empty bottle, peel label off, and keep the lid with the bottle)

  • Art supplies (brushes; watercolor palettes; crayons; charcoals; canvases; easels; markers; tape; and empty paint remover bottles)

  • Small toys (intact or broken; old or reusable; no sharp edges)

  • Fine or cut papers (reusable and unused for drawing or art projects)

  • Magazines for collage and scrapbooking (limit five per month)

  • Reusable “interesting” plastics and packaging (for use in possible art projects)

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

  • #1 and #2 Clamshells (e.g., some deli containers, some bakery items)

  • #5 Plastics (dairy tubs and clamshells)

  • Alkaline batteries (tape ends; keep separate from other items)

    Art supplies (brushes; watercolor palettes; crayons; charcoals; canvases; easels; markers; tape; and empty paint remover bottles)

  • Bottle caps and lids (any and all bottle caps and lids, including metal and plastic.

  • Coffee bags (dry, no need to clean)

  • Fine or cut papers (reusable and unused for drawing or art projects)

  • K-Cups (dry, stored open air; keep separate from other items)

  • LED and CFL light bulbs (household only, no large commercial bulbs)

  • Magazines for collage and scrapbooking (limit five per month)

  • Mailers (plastic padded mailers, plastic bag mailers, and paper-based padded mailers)

  • Reusable “interesting” plastics and packaging (for use in possible art projects)

  • Popsicle sticks (wooden, any size)

  • Prescription pill bottles (empty bottle, peel label off, and keep the lid with the bottle)

  • Small toys (intact or broken; old or reusable; no sharp edges)

  • Tea bag wrappers

  • Styrofoam (any color and size that fits in the blue bag; additional styrofoam for suggested donation)

  • Aseptic “Tetra” packs (clean and dry, lids separated)

  • Thin films, stretchy (air mailers, bubble wrap, plastic bags that are used in packaging, single-use grocery/shopping bags, and bread bags)

  • Thin films, krinkly (clean candy and snack wrappers, chip bags, grape bags, shredded cheese bags; please cut zippers off, cut zippers to prevent loops, and discard cut zippers)

  • Wine corks

While we encourage you to continue your local recycling practices, we will accept #1 and #2 plastic bottles; aluminum cans; cardboard; glass bottles and jars (clear, green, and brown mixed); mixed paper; newspaper and newsprint; and tin cans (labels removed) as a convenience.

Drop off times and locations

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

rePurpose co-founder Sarah Bergquist sorts hard to recycle items at Penn Cove Brewery event, September 2022.