More resources
This page contains resources for those who want to learn about how they can recycle even more items beyond their municipal recycling. Please do NOT put these items in the TerraCycle bin, but do feel free to send us more links so that we can all reduce, re-use, and recycle as much as possible!
Find some local recycling options by entering your zip code in the following sites:
- plasticfilmrecycling.org (for info on plastic film which can/cannot be recycled see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOz2P3QiP8o)
3.5" Floppy disks may be recycled here: https://www.floppydisk.com/recycle
Check out https://search.earth911.com/?what=CFLs for where you may be able to bring compact fluorescent lights.
Crayons may be sent at your cost to be recycled at https://thecrayoninitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/170623_TCI_Restaurant-Shipping_R00.pdf As of February 2024, Staples has begun to accept crayons for recycling, as well as pens and pencils!
Personal care or cosmetic containers - TerraCycle closed this free brigade - however, if you have access to a Nordstroms, you can bring them there: https://www.nordstrom.com/browse/nordstrom-cares/get-involved/nordstrom-beauty-cycle - there's one at the Burlington Mall as of Spring 2022. PactCollective.org has started opening up collection points as well - see https://www.pactcollective.org/guidelines and follow the links to find the closest point to you.
Pet Food bags: As of Fall 2023 You may recycle all brands of empty flexible plastic pet food and treat bags (of any species of pet!) at participating Pet Supplies Plus and Wag N’ Wash stores, including the ones in Acton and Littleton MA.
Plastics with #5 on them, including all plastic jar lids and prescription bottles, can be sent at your cost to: Preserve Gimme 5, 823 State Route 13, Cortland, NY 13045-6574 To help make this program a win for the environment, please send your plastics to them via ground shipping (as opposed to air). Reuse a box if you can! Please make sure the plastic is clean as it will help make the sorting process much easier!
Plastic plant pots can be recycled at Lowes: https://corporate.lowes.com/newsroom/stories/fresh-thinking/are-you-wishcycler or at Home Depot: https://corporate.homedepot.com/newsroom/plant-it-again-plant-pot-recycling-program
Snack bags, plastic straws, and coffee pods may be recycled at the Lunenberg Subaru. Ask them where the TerraCycle box is. Here's a link to Subaru's Loving the Earth program: https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/subaru. This program will be closed March 31, 2024.
Soup, juice, and other tetrapak cartons can be sent at your cost to a carton recycler: https://www.recyclecartons.com/what-to-do-when-your-city-doesnt-recycle-cartons/