Related Links - Waste Prevention Resources by Material

Batteries

•  Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) -- RBRC recycles the following portable rechargeable battery chemistries: nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd), nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH), lithium-ion (Li-ion), and small sealed lead (Pb)*

Carpets

•  CarpetCycle -- Post-consumer carpet collection and recycling company

CDs and Floppies

•  Digital Audio Disk Corp. (DADC) Recycling Program -- DADC makes CDs for Sony; in cooperation with DADC, MRC Polymers recycles scrap CDs, DVDs, and jewel cases. Mail prepaid to: MRC Polymers, c/o DADC Recycling Program, 3307 South Londale Avenue, Chicago, IL 60623
•  Floppies for Kiddies -- Accepts donations of used or promotional 3.5-inch computer diskettes
•  Green Disk -- Creates line of recycled products from obsolete software
•  Kodak Diskcycling Program -- Employees can purchase reformatted disks at discounted prices
•  Lacerta Group, Inc. -- Provides a variety of recycled, recertified, and inspected data media products
•  NE-SAR Systems -- Information on shipping CDs for recycling

Cell Phones and Small Electronics

•  Charitable Recycling -- will pay $1 for every phone, no shipping/handling fee. Create drop-off sites in your office, home, local store -- sample posters and fliers available
•  Donate-a-Phone -- Refurbished phones distributed across US for use by charities free of charge
•  Verizon Wireless "New Every Two" Program -- Sign up for a digital plan, trade in your old phone for a new wireless phone every two years; encourages product stewardship on the part of Verizon

Compost

•  City Green, Inc. -- Develops economically sound policy, programs, and facilities for recycling and composting of industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential waste streams
•  Original Vermitech Systems Ltd. -- Specializes in institutional and commercial waste reduction, supplies organic compost shredders, and installs redworm composting systems
•  Worm Wigwam -- Worm bin vermicomposting system

Computers

•  Staples -- Computers

Diapers/Reusable Cloth

•  Baby Bunz & Co.
•  Baby Mine Store
•  Babyworks
•  Barefoot Baby
•  Choosey Diapers
•  Cotton Kids
•  Ecobaby
•  Green Mountain Diapers
•  Katie's Kisses
•  Weebees

Light Bulbs and Ballasts

•  Lamp Recycle -- Recycles light bulbs

Materials Exchange/Salvage Projects

Materials Donations


•  City Harvest -- Food donations
•  Children's Hope Foundation -- Child care items and volunteers
•  Dress for Success -- Interview-appropriate dresses, shoes, and suits for women
•  Materials for the Arts/Schools -- Everything except clothing, bedding, and food
•  New York Cares -- Office furnishings, equipment, winter coats, etc.
•  People's Firehouse -- Computers for non-profit organizations
•  United Way/Gifts in Kind -- Just about anything
•  United Way of New York City -- Office furnishings and equipment
  
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•   Costume Collections -- Theatrical costumes and period clothing
•  Food for Survival Bank -- Dry food, canned goods, and fresh produce for soup kitchens and food pantries
•  Goodwill Industries of Greater New York, Inc. -- Clothing, furniture, furnishings, and computers
•  Lions Club -- Eyeglasses and hearing aids
•  Mayor's Voluntary Action Center -- New clothing
•  New Eyes for the Needy -- Eyeglasses and hearing aids
•  New York Shares -- Office furnishings and equipment
•  NFTE Solutions -- Construction materials
•  Non-Profit Computing -- Computers and office equipment
•  Partnership for the Homeless--Furnish a Future -- Household furniture, furnishings, and goods
•  Performing Arts Resources, Inc. -- Theater sets and large props, including lumber, hardware, and some furniture
•  St. Vincent de Paul Society -- Clothing, furniture, furnishings
•  Salvation Army -- Clothing, furniture, furnishings, and autos
•  United Way of New York City -- Office furnishings and equipment
•  Waste Busters, Inc. -- Building products and appliances

Plastic Bags

•  Enviro-Bag -- Recycle plastic grocery sacks and earn cash for local schools
•  Trex Company -- Picks up used polyethylene for recycling into the company's decking; click here for program description

Plastics Recycling

•  Allplasticbottles.org -- Information on plastic bottle recycling, programs, and implementing your own program
•  I-Rock Industries, Inc. -- Accepts commingled plastics and converts them into "solid extruded profiles" for use in various product applications.
•  Mailboxes, Etc.-Styrofoam
•  Plastic Nation, Inc. -- Buys and sells all types of scrap plastic
•  Plastics Resource -- Information on plastics recycling, disposal, conservation, and the environment; includes searchable database for local buyers of high-density polyethylene

Textiles

•  Cyntex -- Assists in selling used clothing or in developing sources for your purchasing needs
•  Salvation Army -- Textiles

Thrift Shops and Flea Markets

•  ALLNY.com -- Click on indexes of "All Thrift Shops" and "All Flea Markets"